PANDEMIC CAUSED EXTENSIVE LEARNING LOSS

FOR NORTH CAROLINA STUDENTS

That is the headline for the Durham Herald for March 4, 2021.   The Pandemic affected all students, across the board.  All grades, across the board, negative impacts.  "For all grades,  almost every subject (Except English II), and especially for Math, Science, and Biology."

For economically disadvantaged students, and all other students, especially reading in grades 4, 6, 8, and 5.  Even AIG students were negatively impacted.  According to Michael Maher, DPI's executive director of the Office of Learning Recovery, "this is not on the backs of teachers, principals, or superintendents."

Since learning has been so disrupted over the past two years, schools across the country are striving to get students caught up.  Some of the issues that students have been grappling with are:  quarantine rules,