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Sep 7, 2022 | External Links
By Asher Lehrer-Small for The 74 As federal COVID relief dollars flow to schools across the country, budgets have swollen more than 16% over the last two years, a recent analysis of more than 100 districts reveals. The average increase was 10.8% from 2020-21 to...
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Sep 1, 2022 | External Links
By Kevin Mahnken for The 74 Two decades of growth for American students in reading and math were wiped away by just two years of pandemic-disrupted learning, according to national test scores released this morning. Dismal releases from the National...
