A Senior Knowledge Expert at McKinsey & Company, Emma Dorn, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Dorn’s new report, which investigates the effects of learning loss from Covid-19 school shutdowns.
Dorn’s report, “COVID-19 and education: The lingering effects of unfinished learning,” co-written with Bryan Hancock and Jimmy Sarakatsannis, is available now.
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