New national test scores show long-term impact of pandemic on students' literacy skills
The nation's young people scored an average 5 points lower in reading than kids who tested before the COVID-19 pandemic in 2019, from 220 to 215 for fourth graders and from 263 to 258 for eighth graders.
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COVID-19 Pandemic Increased Long-Term Nursing Home Stay or Death Across All Groups
Although long-term nursing home stay or death decreased before the COVID-19 pandemic, the trend slowed during the pandemic across all racial and ethnic groups.
Ex-CNN pundit admits Trump was likely 'right' about COVID-19 likely leaking from a lab
China says it's "extremely unlikely" COVID pandemic came from lab leak, as CIA now indicates
CIA has 'low confidence' COVID-19 leaked from lab in China
What to Know About the CIA’s Conclusion that COVID-19 Came From a Lab
The problem for the lab-leak position is that the U.S. has never had access to the Wuhan lab and has thus been unable to reach a definitive answer for more than five years. Now that the CIA has at last come to a conclusion, not all scientists are sold on what it has reported, seeing the results as thinly scientifically sourced.
Japan's 'soft' but not ineffective approach to public health during the COVID-19 pandemic
In contrast to the lockdowns imposed in many countries around the world during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Japanese authorities issued health advisories and counted on citizens to follow them voluntarily.
Bill Gates says the odds of another pandemic in the next 4 years are 10%–15%, and we’re not prepared
The billionaire philanthropist and Microsoft cofounder thinks the world is poised to make the same mistakes from the last pandemic.
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US 'national report card' shows reading decline among middle-, elementary-schoolers post pandemic
The reading skills of middle- and elementary-school students in the U.S. has declined the COVID-19 pandemic, according what's know as The Nation's Report Card.
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American students are still performing below pre-pandemic levels, according to new data from Nation's Report Card
Results from the Nation's Report Card show that students still haven't recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic, which disrupted two school years with school closures, quarantines and remote learning.
'The news is not good:' Reading, math scores in Ohio still worse than pre-pandemic
Ohio students' reading and math scores still haven't recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new report.
Post Covid-19 Years Have Been A Boom For Restaurants
An analysis of changes in labor and sales for restaurants from 2019-2023 shows how the longer term effects of COVID led to higher sales for the industry.
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‘Nation‘s Report Card‘ suggests Minnesota student performance has not recovered to pre-pandemic levels
Across the state, scores for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), did not significantly change between 2022 and 2024. Many experts had hoped to see students rebounding from losses caused by pandemic disruptions.
US children’s reading skills continue to decline post-pandemic, report says
Given every two years to a sample of America’s children, the National Assessment of Educational Progress is considered one of the best gauges of the academic progress of the U.S. school system. The most recent exam was administered in early 2024 in every state, testing fourth- and eighth-grade students on math and reading.