Illinois state Sen. Willie Preston called the COVID learning loss in Chicago schools a 'serious issue' as families continue to battle the effects of the pandemic lockdowns.
"I believe this is something that is a byproduct of some of our policies that we were taking during COVID," Preston said."This is a very serious issue and one that as a father and as a lawmaker, I'm going to be addressing feverishly."
"Defenders of the current system are sure to invoke [COVID] as the big reason for the low scores, but a look at the 2019 numbers show that the reading and math numbers were only slightly better than they are now," they wrote.Just this fiscal year alone, Illinois has allocated $9.4 billion to Chicago Public Schools and the federal government has allocated an additional $1.8 billion to the school system through the American Rescue Plan.
Despite the gravity of the report, Preston argued that teachers cannot be the only scapegoat for the tremendous achievement gap in the classroom.
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