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Panel spotlights post-COVID learning gaps, student mental health and teacher pipeline
Summary
During interviews for Board of Regents candidates, policymakers and applicants emphasized the need for remedial education after COVID-19, more mental-health resources in schools, expanded arts and CTE programming, and new recruitment paths for teachers including second-career entrants.
Multiple candidates and legislators at the hearing prioritized remedies for learning loss and student mental health following the COVID-19 pandemic, and raised workforce issues for the teacher pipeline.
Several candidates urged expanded remedial and supplemental instruction for students who fell behind academically during pandemic school closures. One candidate said she tutors elementary students in Albany and described encountering sixth-graders reading at a first-grade level, calling for targeted remedial programs and investments to close gaps.
Mental-health services were repeatedly raised as a priority. A candidate…
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