Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Linda Darling-Hammond is an expert on education research and policy. Summer slides have their place alongside the swimming pool, ...

The pandemic recovery has not just stalled; students in most grades are losing academic ground, according to new national data. The testing group NWEA has tracked academic gaps and sputtering student ...

Schools have tried a combination of moves—including in- and after-school tutoring, an emphasis on social-emotional well-being, and summer school —to get learning levels back to where they were before ...

The report, "Learning Recovery to Acceleration: A Global Update on Country Efforts to Improve Learning and Reduce Inequalities," examines what countries are doing to recover and accelerate learning, ...