Special Edition: Back to School - Teacher Shortages & Student Learning
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 20 August 2022
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
Research shows many students are struggling to catch up after two years of interruptions to their learning. A new report shows kids will need to learn at a faster pace this year to catch up to where they should be academically. That's based on math and reading scores from millions of elementary and middle school students across the United States.
We're speaking with one of the report's authors, Dr. Karyn Lewis. She's the director of the Center for School and Student Progress at the research-based nonprofit organization NWEA.
Then later, we'll speak with the president of the American Federation of Teachers, Randi Weingarten. She explains where and why teacher shortages are happening across the United States and what can be done about it.
NWEA report on student achievement in 2021-2022.
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Saturday, August 20th. |
| 0:02.1 | A student's head back to the classroom this school year, |
| 0:04.4 | they'll probably notice some changes. |
| 0:06.2 | Research shows many students are struggling to catch up |
| 0:08.6 | after two years of interruptions to their learning. |
| 0:11.1 | And school districts in some states |
| 0:12.8 | are having a tough time hiring enough teachers |
| 0:15.2 | and keeping the ones they have from quitting. |
| 0:18.1 | We'll speak with the president |
| 0:19.2 | of one of the largest teachers unions in the country |
| 0:21.6 | about where and why the teacher shortage is happening, |
| 0:24.2 | and what can be done about it. |
| 0:25.8 | But first, we're getting into the data about student learning. |
| 0:28.8 | A new report shows kids will need to learn |
| 0:30.8 | out of faster pace this year |
| 0:32.5 | to catch up where they should be academically. |
| 0:35.2 | That's based on math and reading scores |
| 0:36.8 | from millions of elementary and middle school students |
| 0:38.7 | across the United States. |
| 0:40.2 | We're speaking with one of the report's authors, |
| 0:42.0 | Dr. Karen Lewis. |
| 0:43.4 | She's the director of the Center for School |
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