Preparing all students to succeed during COVID-19 pandemic

Author/s
Eric A. Hanushek
Published Date
25-Jun-20
Publication
Washington Times
Type
The single most important way to ensure that everybody can participate in the modern economy is to ensure that they have the skills that are demanded by the economy. If in September schools miraculously return to what they were in February, the current cohort of students would see their lifetime earnings reduced on average by 3% to 6%. Moreover, disadvantaged students would face an even larger loss, because their experiences over the past several months have been worse than those of more advantaged students.