In a livestreamed event on Wednesday alongside governors, state education superintendents and the White House domestic policy advisor, U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona called this “a moment of truth in education in our country” with both “big challenges” and “immense opportunity.”
Meeting or exceeding pre-pandemic achievement levels will “require additional bold actions” from states, districts and communities, according to the announcement from the White House and Education Department. Specifically, the announcement calls for greater state accountability for using evidence-based practices to help students accelerate learning and for tracking progress toward closing pandemic-related achievement gaps.
