WHY WE’RE GIVING $50M TO CHARTER SCHOOLS TO HELP KIDS CATCH UP AFTER THE PANDEMIC

From The New York Post
By Michael Bloomberg       April 18, 2022

School closures and inadequate remote instruction over the last two years have created a crisis in public education.
The data are clear. Across the United States, students have fallen behind by an average of four months in math and five months in English. The results have been even worse for those children most in need, especially in schools serving mainly low-income populations, where students have fallen behind by an average of seven months. READ MORE