The COVID-19 pandemic changed public school kindergarten enrollment in ways with likely national classroom consequences¶
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q1 i? The COVID-19 pandemic transformed schools, and the change in public school kindergarten enrollment is one such change likely to have important consequences in classrooms across the nation. → Beth Tarasawa 2021
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Beth Tarasawa 2021¶
Beth Tarasawa, Angela Johnson, Christine Yankel. (2021). Preparing early learners: Considerations for supporting the kindergarten class of 2021. NWEA Research brief. https://www.nwea.org/research/publication/preparing-early-learners-considerations-for-supporting-the-kindergarten-class-of-2021/
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The brief's framing statement asserts that the pandemic changed public school kindergarten enrollment and that this change is "likely to have important consequences in classrooms across the nation." No enrollment data or statistics are printed in the available text.
"Among the many ways in which schools are being transformed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the change in public school kindergarten enrollment is one likely to have important consequences in classrooms across the nation."
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Related Claims¶
- COVID-19 closures left schools and districts serving 55.1 million students in an unprecedented time — related
- The U.S. Bureau of Labor estimates 567,000 fewer teachers in public schools in 2022 than prior to the COVID-19 pandemic — related
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The COVID-19 pandemic changed public school kindergarten enrollment in ways with likely national classroom consequences |
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The COVID-19 pandemic changed public school kindergarten enrollment in ways with likely national classroom consequences |
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