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By Sarah Mervosh, Melanie Bencosme, Laura Bult, Gabriel Blanco and Laura Salaberry•March 11, 2025

Since the Covid-19 pandemic, U.S. students haven’t recovered, and it’s widening inequality in our country. Sarah Mervosh, an education reporter at The New York Times who focuses on K-12 schools, explains in three charts how the pandemic had a lasting impact in the classroom.

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