A national study found young children are faring worse academically than their peers before the pandemic. The problem’s scope in Texas is unclear.
Students who started school during or after the COVID -19 pandemic have a harder time saying goodbye to their parents when they drop them off, Plains Independent School District Superintendent Robert McClain said. Third-graders are behind in their reading, teacher Heather Harris said, so the district hired a reading specialist to work with their youngest students. They’re also struggling in math, San Antonio ISD Superintendent Jaime Aquino said.
In the school year 2019-20, there were 249,226 students enrolled in pre-kindergarten in Texas, according to state data. This number dropped by nearly 50,000 in the following year. Low academic attainment can compound in ways that become increasingly difficult to fix.
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