Most of the world's children have returned to school, and we're getting better data about what the costs have been. One recent synthesis of studies looked at something like 30 plus studies from about 20 countries. And they found that children in those countries were on an average, you know, between three and six months behind where they would usually have been. But the greater problems are elsewhere in the world.
For the second time in a week, Prime Minister Mario Draghi has tendered his resignation as his motley coalition government splintered further. The upheaval could not come at a worse time for the country. The pandemic’s devastating costs not only to children’s learning but also to their development are becoming clearer. And researchers are getting bacteria to make jet fuel.
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