University of Chicago Education Lab and Aspen Economic Strategy Group Publish New Paper on Solutions to U.S. Learning Loss
The Education Lab’s faculty co-directors, Dr. Jens Ludwig, professor at the University of Chicago, and Dr. Jon Guryan, professor at Northwestern University, published a paper commissioned by the Aspen Economic Strategy Group for its 2023 policy volume, “Building a More Resilient US Economy,” that makes the case for a large-scale tutoring program designed to compensate for pandemic-era learning loss and equalize educational opportunities in the long-term.
Monday, October 30, 2023—The pandemic set students back dramatically in their learning, and with less than a year until the expiration of schools’ federal COVID-19 relief funding, the Aspen Economic Strategy Group (AESG) today released an urgent call for more federal resources, greater funding flexibility, and increased accountability to address U.S. learning loss. The paper – which is featured in the AESG’s forthcoming annual policy volume and authored by faculty co-directors of the University of Chicago Education Lab, Dr. Jonathan Guryan and Dr. Jens Ludwig – details the urgent, once-in-a-century public education crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, and proposes policy solutions to help schools scale proven strategies like high-dosage tutoring and close learning gaps.
Read the full press release here: UChicago Education Lab – Overcoming Pandemic-Induced Learning Loss 10.30.23.