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As Christmas break approaches, what’s working and what isn’t with schools and COVID?

The “COVID kids” – students coping with distance learning and other disruptions from the pandemic – may need time to catch up.
The “COVID kids” – students coping with distance learning and other disruptions from the pandemic – may need time to catch up. Charles Krupa Associated Press file photo

Kansas City-area schools are learning along with the rest of the world how to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. Will coronavirus mean a lost year or more for schoolchildren? And what are we learning to take with us to the next pandemic? Start reporters Mara Rose Williams and Sarah Ritter join host Dave Helling to talk about real-world educational outcomes.

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Dave Helling
Opinion Contributor,
The Kansas City Star
816-234-4656
Dave Helling has covered politics in Kansas and Missouri for four decades. He has worked in television news, and is a regular contributor to local broadcast programs. Helling writes editorials and columns for the Star, and is the co-host of the weekly “4Star Politics” show. He was awarded the 2018 ASNE Burl Osborne award for editorial leadership.
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