COVID and Schools: Elementary Lessons

18/10/2022 16 min Temporada 2 Episodio 2
COVID and Schools: Elementary Lessons

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Episode Synopsis

Did closing schools during the COVID-19 pandemic serve students and society at-large? As part of a World Bank Advisory Panel, University of Chicago economist Rachel Glennerster is taking a closer look at the long-term economic cost of learning losses. Addressing these costs, estimated at greater than $10 trillion, will be crucial to future education policy and pandemic response.

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