Pandemic-caused isolation still impacting students’ social-emotional learning, says non-profit Changing Perspectives

In March 2020, the spread of the coronavirus caused schools to shut down, shifting students to online classes and isolating them at home. The pandemic has been incredibly traumatic – aside from the isolation, there has been a huge and unexpected change to their lives, and many students have lost family, friends, and loved ones to the disease. While schools began reopening several months later, the disruption to the educational system has been far-reaching. Even more than three years later, hundreds of thousands of students have disappeared from public school rolls.