Here is where time lost to pandemic shutdowns and quarantines shows itself: in the students who are repeating this grade. In his classroom of 24 students, each affected differently by the pandemic, Evans faces the urgent challenge of having them all read well enough to succeed in the grades ahead. Six students surround Evans at the blue table, each staring down at a first-grade-level book about baseball great Willie Mays. Many spent all of first grade learning remotely from home full- or part-time. Midway through her second stint in third grade, Ke’Arrah shows progress.

Source: The Star May 18, 2023 18:31 UTC