
Op-Ed: Why We’re Giving $50M to Charter Schools to Help Kids Catch Up After the Pandemic
April 18, 2022
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.
Make no mistake: This is a real crisis requiring immediate intervention. Unless urgent steps are taken, many children will never catch back up.