General Article Children lost one-third of a year’s learning to COVID, new study shows – but we need to think about

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Children lost one-third of a year’s learning to COVID, new study shows – but we need to think about the problem differently

Clare Wood, Nottingham Trent University

Children’s learning progress has slowed substantially during the pandemic, roughly equating to a loss of around 35% of the typical learning in a school year, according to a new study.

The analysis drew on 42 studies published between March 2020 and August 2022 from 15 different high- and middle-income countries (although most of t...

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