Kids and teenagers across the country are still recovering from the learning loss caused by schools shutting down during the height of the pandemic. Andy talks with former NPR Education Reporter Anya Kamenetz about her new book, “The Stolen Year,” which unpacks COVID’s devastating effects on our youth, from fewer college goers to toddlers with developmental delays. How behind is our youngest generation and what will it take for school districts, teachers, and parents to get kids back on track?

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• Order Anya’s new book, “The Stolen Year: How COVID Changed Children's Lives, and Where We Go Now”: https://www.publicaffairsbooks.com/titles/anya-kamenetz/the-stolen-year/9781541701014/
• Read this study which found that 70% of Detroit students were chronically absent in the 2020-2021 school year: 609.pdf">https://www.edworkingpapers.com/sites/default/files/ai22-609.pdf
• Find vaccines, masks, testing, treatments, and other resources in your community: https://www.covid.gov/
• Order Andy’s book, “Preventable: The Inside Story of How Leadership Failures, Politics, and Selfishness Doomed the U.S. Coronavirus Response”: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250770165 

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