Presidential Opinion

How to Recover From Pandemic Learning Loss

Pomona College (CA) President G. Gabrielle Starr writes:  We knew recovering from the learning loss of the pandemic would be hard. The reality is it might require us to rethink education altogether. We might all be better off for it. To help our students move forward, America’s schools and colleges need to turn away from constant drilling for tests and a fixation on “coverage,” the notion that skimming across vast swaths of curriculum somehow makes for a good education.
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