SUPPORTING STUDENTS AND SCHOOLS: PROMISING PRACTICES TO GET BACK ON TRACK - Hearing of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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Examines how schools can support students in returning to learning amid pandemic disruptions. Opens with the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions convening its June 22, 2022 hearing to consider the impact of COVID-19 on student learning and the practices helping students get back on track. Establishes the hearing format, testimony process, and question period, and highlights the harm to classroom time, support systems, and student wellbeing.

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CategoryResearch & Report

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Pages56

Reading Time2 h 21 min

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Statements

Wednesday, June 22, 2022

Committee Members

Witnesses

Opening Statement

Senator Patty Murray

S. HRG. 117–401 SUPPORTING STUDENTS AND SCHOOLS: PROMISING PRACTICES TO GET BACK ON TRACK HEARING OF THE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR, AND PENSIONS UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON EXAMINING SUPPORTING STUDENTS AND SCHOOLS, FOCUSING ON PROMISING PRACTICES TO GET BACK ON TRACK JUNE 22, 2022 Printed for the use of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions ( Available via the World Wide Web: [http://www.govinfo.gov](http://www.govinfo.gov) U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 48–913 PDF WASHINGTON : 2023 COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR, AND PENSIONS PATTY MURRAY, Washington, Chair BERNIE SANDERS (I), Vermont ROBERT P. CASEY, JR., Pennsylvania TAMMY BALDWIN, Wisconsin CHRISTOPHER S. MURPHY, Connecticut TIM KAINE, Virginia MAGGIE HASSAN, New Hampshire TINA SMITH, Minnesota JACKY ROSEN, Nevada BEN RAY LUJ`AN, New Mexico JOHN HICKENLOOPER, Colorado RICHARD BURR, North Carolina, Ranking Member RAND PAUL, M.D., Kentucky SUSAN M. COLLINS, Maine BILL CASSIDY, M.D., Louisiana LISA MURKOWSKI, Alaska MIKE BRAUN, Indiana ROGER MARSHALL, M.D., Kansas TIM SCOTT, South Carolina MITT ROMNEY, Utah TOMMY TUBERVILLE, Alabama JERRY MORAN, Kansas EVAN T. SCHATZ, Staff Director DAVID P. CLEARY, Republican Staff Director JOHN RIGHTER, Deputy Staff Director (II) C O N T E N T S STATEMENTS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 2022 Page COMMITTEE MEMBERS Murray, Hon. Patty, Chair, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Opening statement .............................................................................. 1 Cassidy, Hon. Bill, a U.S. Senator from the State of Louisiana, Opening statement .............................................................................................................. 4 WITNESSES Goldhaber, Dan, Director, CALDER (National Center for Analysis of Longitu dinal Data in Education Research at American Institutes for Research), Director, CEDR (Center for Education Data and Research at University of Washington), Seattle, WA ............................................................................... 8 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 10 Summary statement ......................................................................................... 16 Russell-Tucker, Charlene M., Commissioner, Connecticut State Department of Education, Hartford, CT .................................................................................. 17 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 19 Summary statement ......................................................................................... 26 Russell, Kurt, 2022 National Teacher of the Year and High School History Teacher, Oberlin High School, Oberlin, OH ...................................................... 28 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 29 Summary statement ......................................................................................... 32 Wall, Erin, Parent, Cary, NC ................................................................................. 33 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 35 Summary statement ......................................................................................... 36 (III) SUPPORTING STUDENTS AND SCHOOLS: PROMISING PRACTICES TO GET BACK ON TRACK Wednesday, June 22, 2022 U.S. SENATE, COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR, AND PENSIONS, Washington, DC. The Committee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:02 a.m., in room G50, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Patty Murray, Chair of the Committee, presiding. Present: Senators Murray [presiding], Casey, Murphy, Kaine, Hassan, Smith, R

FAQs

What is the purpose of the June 22, 2022 Senate hearing?

The hearing examines the impact of the pandemic on student learning and how schools are helping students get back on track, emphasizing promising practices to restore stability.

How is the hearing structured after witness testimony?

After witnesses provide testimony, senators each have 5 minutes for a round of questions.

How did COVID-19 disruptions affect students and schools according to the opening statement?

The statement highlights lost instructional time with peers and teachers, reliance on counselors or teachers via Zoom or phone, shortened after-school activities, and serious strain on student and family wellbeing.

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