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Podcast: Cascade CounterPoint
Episode: Student-Focused Solutions Can Address Pandemic Learning Losses
Description: Full text: The New York Times published an editorial November 18 regarding learning losses experienced by K-12 students since the COVID-19 pandemic. The editorial board’s recommendations are predictable: spend more money, combat chronic absenteeism, and increase teacher compensation.
CATO education policy analyst Colleen Hroncich takes a more incisive approach.
“We’ve spent a lot of time and money on the system‐focused approach,” Hroncich writes. “Let’s try focusing on the kids now….
“Pouring more money into the system and making children spend more time there isn’t what’s needed. It is individual children who a...