If schools are to have any hope of catching kids up from COVID absences, they’ll need to know who missed the most school during the pandemic–and why.
Author: Alia Wong, USA TODAY
Parents desperately need child care. But day cares are struggling to retain workers.
Half of the day care workers who left early in the COVID pandemic have yet to return to their child care jobs, due to low pay or fear of health risks.
Students crushed by stress, depression are back in class. Here’s how schools are meeting their needs
The mental-health challenges won’t magically disappear once students trickle back into school buildings
Toys in quarantine, paper test kits: COVID has changed the way children play. Here’s how.
Is it normal for my child to include COVID themes in play? Experts say this kind of play is a healthy way for kids escape or understand reality.
As millions of kids skip kindergarten, the learning gap widens — and schools may lose funding
With parents desperate for alternatives to distance learning, kindergarten enrollment has plummeted in districts across the country.
COVID-19 has devastated Hawaii’s lei industry; now generations-old shops are clawing back
Tourism and celebrations are the linchpins of Hawaii’s lei culture. A combination of innovation and the “aloha spirit” is helping vendors get by.
Despite COVID-19, standardized testing may force English learners back to school campuses
Advocates are calling on states to delay or cancel in-person proficiency tests for schoolchildren who are still learning English amid the pandemic.
Scores of students are getting F’s: What’s the point of failing them during COVID-19?
School grades are suffering due to COVID pandemic factors out of kids’ control. The consequences — academic and psychological — could be devastating.
COVID means more kids won’t be ready for kindergarten. America’s preschoolers are falling behind.
COVID is closing day cares, increasing the cost of preschools and keeping children at home during arguably their most formative years.