Why did some communities re-open schools for in-person instruction in Fall 2020 while others waited much longer?

Matthew Steinberg and I have a new article revisiting this question: doi.org/10.1177/089590…

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“Are districts with the biggest declines in student achievement spending their money the way you hope they would?” asked Matthew Steinberg. “We just don’t know” buff.ly/3pLH6D9

So many questions remain. As Matthew Steinberg said: “Are districts with the biggest declines in student achievement spending their money the way you hope they would? We just don’t know.” 2/

Dr. Matthew Steinberg (Matthew Steinberg) was recently cited in an article discussing school leaders frustration with managing misbehavior in schools after the pandemic. Read more here: tinyurl.com/34zrrvz9

AERA's write-up of Dr. Matthew Steinberg's research on how federal funding fell short of what was needed to remedy student learning loss due to the pandemic was cited in a New York Times article. Read the article here: nytimes.com/2022/10/24/us/…

Great to see my work with Kenneth Shores included here among the important set of research findings on the impact of Covid on schools and students.

I got my 'Recent Advancements in Education Finance and Policy' book in the mail a couple weeks ago, and it has the most incredible collection of chapters.

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Appreciate that this The New York Times story referenced & linked to AERA's write up of new research from Matthew Steinberg & Kenneth Shores, who found federal emergency education funding fell $500B short of what's necessary to remediate pandemic-induced learning loss nytimes.com/2022/10/24/us/…

We are looking forward to welcoming Cara Jackson @carajackson.bsky.social and learning from her insights this week. Please visit cehd.gmu.edu/centers/edpoli… to learn more about Cara’s talk and the research workshop that I host.

Federal aid provided amid the COVID-19 pandemic has been insufficient to make up for the student learning loss.

Matthew Steinberg Kenneth Shores AERA

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Nice piece by Patrick Wall highlighting the growing body of research showing that school reopening decisions were more complicated and nuanced than conventional wisdom suggests. chalkbeat.org/2022/10/12/234…

U.S. K-12 public schools need more funding to recover from COVID-19. Read new research findings from Mason Professor Matthew Steinberg here: aera.net/Newsroom/New-R…

#MasonResearch Matthew Steinberg of Mason CEHD & Schar School comments on pandemic-related learning loss in this piece: COVID-19 pandemic aid more than $300 billion short for dealing with student learning loss, study shows bit.ly/3eovK24

Although the fed. gov. provided an unprecedented level of emergency funding to U.S. public schools during the pandemic, this support was insufficient and poorly targeted to offset the cost of recovering COVID-induced student learning loss. Educational Researcher - Editors. aera.net/Newsroom/New-R…

My advocacy/policy preference is to (1) communicate what learning loss means and why it matters and 2) urge district and state ed leaders to focus remaining ESSER funds on remediation.
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I haven't read the underlying report, but this story details a new study suggesting that pandemic academic recovery will be very expensive!

$700B: That’s How Much It Will Cost to Fix Pandemic Learning Loss, Study Says The 74 the74million.org/article/new-st…

Pleased to share this recent AERA press release about my new research (with Kenneth Shores) on the distribution of federal fiscal stimulus in the wake of the Great Recession and more recently during the Covid-era pandemic.
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In 10+ years, the federal govt has twice provided emergency fiscal stimulus to the public K-12 education system (nearly $250 billion). 💰

Kenneth Shores & Matthew Steinberg evaluate the efficacy of these unprecedented federal interventions into public education.
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