The Implications of and Solutions for Learning Loss featuring Lisa Graham Keegan

Common Sense Digest

In this episode of the Common Sense Digest, we dive deep into the pressing issue of learning loss and its far-reaching impact on education — and the economy. Joining us is a renowned expert in the field, Lisa Graham Keegan, a results-driven school choice advocate and former Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction.

Lisa is welcomed by Host and Chairman of CSI Earl Wright. The latest NAEP report has sounded the alarm on the staggering learning loss resulting from disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. So how do we recover academically and economically? Learn why Lisa proposes that removing barriers for education innovation can address these challenges head-on, benefiting parents, educators, and especially students.

Tune in to hear more about the economic ramifications of learning loss and to explore innovative solutions that might hold the key for the future of education in Arizona. Explore the intersection of education, economics, and innovation in this thought-provoking episode.

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NOTES:

• Earl Wright (host) and Lisa Graham Keegan (guest)
• LGK is a results-based, school choice advocate and former lawmaker
• NAEP — alarming learning loss from latest report
• “Students were not being educated, effectively, for a year.” (COVID policy failure)
• Losses were larger in low-income areas, already low-achieving areas
• Value comes from educators
• Remove constrains on education innovation for market to flourish
• The economics of education innovation
• Responding to AI
  • Essential skills, things that are always true
• The business behavior of schools
  • Expand, replicate, franchise
• Rethink drawing school districts