#  The questions parents should be asking teachers and school boards this year 

 





August 28, 2023

 

 

 *As a new school year begins, parents are trying to figure out where their children stand after the dramatic learning losses of the [coronavirus](https://www.washingtonpost.com/coronavirus/?itid=lk_inline_manual_2) pandemic. School boards and lawmakers are deciding how to spend their remaining federal recovery funds — [which must be designated by next fall](https://www.k12dive.com/news/esser-guidance-desperately-needed-700-district-leaders-tell-ed-dept/630890/) — and where to concentrate their efforts.*

 I spoke with Thomas J. Kane, the Walter H. Gale professor of education and economics at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, about the questions parents should ask teachers and school officials, the best ways to help students bounce back and what we owe recent high school graduates.

 Continue reading at [washingtonpost.com.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/08/28/covid-learning-loss-parents-qa/)



 

 

 



 

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