The 74 Million – Michael Polikoff and David M. Houston
“The headlines on the effects of COVID on kids could hardly be gloomier. Students are “far, far behind,” argued Harvard professor Tom Kane in The Atlantic. The New York Times described how kids will need “at least three years” to catch up to where they should be. The warnings are dire on nonacademic outcomes, too — the surgeon general issued an advisory late last year on the “mental health crisis” affecting America’s youth.” (more)