More evidence of the harms of protracted school closures.

Dr. Kimberly Monroe, interim chief clinical officer at C.S. Mott Children's and Ann Arbor Reasonable Return board member, recently spoke w/Detroit Free Press about treating children with RSV. We are grateful to Ann Arbor's pediatricians for their ongoing support of kids. freep.com/story/news/hea…

Please see our Nov newsletter. The highlights: -School board election -AAPS is relying on EdTech to address learning loss -Evidence links school closures to declining test scores in reading and math. School closures = “a policy that failed." gem.godaddy.com/s/1f23f41

“In Ohio, researchers found that districts that stayed fully remote during the 2020-21 school year experienced declines up to three times greater than those of districts that mostly taught students in person.” nytimes.com/2022/11/28/bri…

1/ @a2schools has released Fall test scores (NWEA), and they don't paint a pretty picture. Black students have fallen further behind the national average + their White peers. Ditto for poor students. Learning inequalities are widening with time. Elementary grade results for math:

Public commentary for the Wed. #a2schoolboard meeting is back up. To sign up, submit name and comments to tinyurl.com/aapscomment or emailing [email protected] by 4 pm on 1/11. Meeting is at 3700 Earhart Road, A2. Speak in person or watch from home as your comment is read.

If you live in Ann Arbor and have not seen this video from the most recent BOE meeting, please take a few minutes this weekend to check it out. Ann Arbor students and their families deserve better.

#a2schoolboard meets this Wednesday at Skyline High School to consider resignation for the Superintendent, Jeanice Swift. To submit public commentary, please sign up by 3 pm on Wednesday, Aug. 23 at this form: forms.gle/HXEn7eHRr9nnNe…