Mark Warschauer on Mythryl: “Two purported mechanisms: (1) Girls do better in school, so were…”

Two purported mechanisms: (1) Girls do better in school, so were more harmed by shutdowns (2) Girls may have been tasked with more responsibilities at home, such as looking over younger siblings, that crowded out studying

Matt Barnum@mattbarnum.bsky.social

NEW: Girls have consistently lost more academic ground than boys since the pandemic. This is clear across a wide range of tests, but has gotten little attention to date. www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

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