COVID learning loss not as bad as predicted in Memphis schools
Students will continue to learn online even after Shelby County Schools plans to reopen buildings in January. (Jacinthia Jones/Chalkbeat)
Special to the Daily Memphian
Laura Faith Kebede
Laura Faith Kebede covers Memphis schools for Chalkbeat Tennessee. She is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and most recently covered county government, schools and religion at the Richmond Times-Dispatch in Virginia.
A Shelby County Schools presentation to school board members this week provided the first systemwide look at student learning loss in the months since school buildings closed due to the coronavirus crisis.