Data Shows Drop In Student Academic Performance Post-Pandemic
, professor of educational leadership and inclusive elementary/early childhood education in the School of Education, was interviewed for the CNY Central story 鈥.鈥 The story highlights how recent data has shown that the physical and mental impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a decrease in students鈥 math and reading scores across the country. Theoharis states, 鈥淚t was hard on kids; it was hard on families; it was hard on educators, but we have to be careful about placing that blame in part because we look to blame when we haven’t taken the situation seriously as a community in many ways that we could have.鈥
