Covid: Has it resulted in a ‘Lost Generation’ of students, teachers, and parents?

• In Event: Contemporary Complexities of Policy and Practice in Literacy

Abstract

The Covid lockdowns significantly impacted children and their schooling. Scores dropped (Engzell et al. 2021; Kuhfeld, 2022) and mental health issues were spotlighted (Khubchandani, et al. 2021). These results were disproportionate across race and class lines, based in part on the support that families were able to provide (DiGioannis, et al. 2023). Teachers were burned out as a result of these unique challenges (Pressley, 2021) and reported high rates of job dissatisfaction.

Authors

• Dixie D. Massey, Seattle Pacific University

• Samuel Miller, U of N. Carolina at Greensboro

• Eithne Kennedy, DCU

• Hiawatha Smith, University of Wisconsin-River Falls