Anya Kamenetz on “The Stolen Year” for Kids during COVID

Award-winning NPR education reporter Anya Kamenetz saw firsthand the devastating effects of school closures during COVID on children’s learning, mental health and social-emotional well-being.

Her 2022 book “The Stolen Year: How Covid Changed Children’s Lives, And Where We Go Now” brings the stories of these children and their families to the forefront while providing historical context on the broken state of the U.S. education system.

Anya joins Dr. McBride to describe how the shift to remote learning exacerbated an already tenuous American public education system and discusses the lessons learned from a massive disruption of the U.S.’ last true social safety net. Anya offers advice to parents as they navigate the new “normal” while recognizing the diversity of pandemic experiences — even within the same household — and offers hope for the future of American families and children.

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