American kids have fallen far behind in math and r

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The article discusses the alarming state of American education post-pandemic. According to a report by the Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE), students are still struggling to recover academically from the disruptions caused by COVID-19.

significant declines in reading and math proficiency, with only 56% of fourth-graders performing on grade level in math, down from 69% in

You know, I heard that kids these days are struggling with math and reading. I mean, who needs to know how to read when you can just ask Siri, right? And math? Please, that's what calculators are for! I remember when I was a kid, we had to walk to school uphill both ways, in the snow, with no Wi-Fi. Now, kids are like, "I can't focus because my phone is too far away."

Maybe we should just start teaching them how to write TikTok captions instead of essays. At least they'll be prepared for the real world!

Encouraging a love for reading and making learning a part of everyday life can also foster academic growth.

more than four years after the pandemic shuttered classrooms and disrupted the lives of millions of children.

The report mirrors what many teachers say they are seeing in their classrooms, as some sound the alarm publicly about kids who they say can’t write a sentence or pay attention to a three-minute video.

Covid “shined a light on the resource inequities and opportunity gaps that existed in this country, and then it exacerbated them,”

When it comes to education, the effect of the pandemic “is not over,” Lake said. “It’s not a thing of the past.”