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The latest National Assessment of Educational Progress, aka the Nation’s Report Card, shows that U.S. students have lost even more ground post-COVID, especially in reading.
Diane Levitt
Senior Director of K-12 Education, Cornell Tech
Diane Levitt, Senior Director of K-12 Education for Cornell Tech, whose work focuses on primary and secondary school computing education, says that there is an urgent need to rethink education and the tools required to achieve change.
Levitt says:
“U.S. public schools are no longer effective for most students. Public education was a vehicle out of poverty for my parents’ generation, but today, fewer than half our students are proficient in reading and math.
“The study shows that schools are working fine for kids with lots of advantages, but worse for everyone else. Our future rests in the chasm of that disparity. And we actually know what to do — what we lack is will, not research or resources.
“Research has proven that students (and families) would benefit hugely from a longer school day and year. It’s common sense that we have more to teach today than a hundred years ago, including computer science. The research on summer learning loss is compelling.
“At the same time, we should carefully research and use artificial intelligence to personalize instruction and free teachers to meet more of their students’ needs.”
