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By BIANCA VÁZQUEZ TONESS and SHARON LURYE | AP Education Writers The COVID-19 pandemic devastated poor children’s well-being, not just by closing their schools, but also by taking away their parents’ jobs, sickening their families and teachers, and adding chaos and fear to their daily lives. The scale of the disruption to American kids’ education is evident in a district-by-district analysis of test scores shared exclusively with The Associated Press. The data provide the most comprehensive look yet at how much schoolchildren have fallen behind academically. The analysis found the average student lost more than half a school year of...

If you’re a fan of using printable books with your students, you’ll love this collection of Halloween printable books. Each of the books are free printables that work well in preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten classrooms. The Halloween emergent readers help young children practice a variety of important early literacy skills. And many of the books also encourage other early learning concepts, like fine motor and math skills. Another bonus of most of these Halloween readers? Almost all of them are very easy to prep. If you have a printer, scissors, and a stapler then you’re good to go. Related: Free...

A controversial piece of legislation commonly known as the "Don't Say Gay" bill passed the Florida Senate after being approved by the House in February. Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has since officially signed the bill into law, implementing it in July. Why did the bill get so much national attention? Here's what you need to know: The latest: DeSantis officially passed the controversial bill in March, despite the significant backlash he received. At the signing, DeSantis declared, "I don't care what corporate media outlets say, I don't care what Hollywood says, I don't care about what big corporations say. Here I...

Let us introduce you to an accomplished author, cartoonist and a "professional daydreamer and nap taker," Leigh Rubin. He creates fun and lighthearted comics, "Rubes Cartoons," featuring weird and absurd situations that might happen in a parallel universe. Here you'll find cavemen recycling their trash, giraffes that are dissatisfied with the ban on plastic straws, whales ordering fish tacos and many more random stories. Scroll down for some laughter!More info: Instagram | rubescartoons.com | Facebook | twitter.com#1Image credits: rubescartoonsBored Panda got in touch with Leigh Rubes to ask him more about his creative process and himself. We got curious about...

CREEPY CARROTSCreepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds is a fun read aloud for Kindergarten and First Grade. Because the carrots are creepy, it is a great book to be enjoyed at Halloween! Jasper Rabbit LOVES carrots. He knew where to find a huge field full, and they were free for the taking. Jasper headed to the field several times each day to eat his fill of carrots! But little did he know that the carrots have had enough of Jasper. They decided to follow him, appearing wherever Jasper went. It started to creep Jasper out! Jasper was seeing the creepy carrots...