Yale News – Bill Hathaway
“Teachers have long been familiar with the “summer slide” — or the loss of reading skills among kindergarteners through second graders during three months away from the classroom. Now researchers from Yale University and University of Connecticut under the auspice of the Haskins Laboratories in New Haven will attempt to measure the damage inflicted by “coronavirus slide,” which may deprive children of six months or more of classroom instruction. Such a slide is expected to lead to a 30% loss in learning compared to a normal school-year.” (more)