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Why Is American Student Achievement Down? (It’s Not Trump or the Pandemic)
Michel Martin sits down with Andrew Rice, a features writer at New York Magazine, to discuss his recent cover story, “The Big Fail: Student achievement has fallen off a cliff. And neither Trump nor the pandemic is to blame.” In the story Rice investigates a steep, decade-long decline in U.S. student achievement and why even wealthy and progressive communities are struggling to address the problem.
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Colette Avital; Bill Weir; Rebecca Solnit; Rep. Anna Paulina Luna; Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández
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Ellie Geranmayeh; Ghassan Hasbani; Keisha Lance Bottoms; Richard Just; Seyi Arongundade;Emma Rowland