There is a $700 billion price tag attached to helping K-12 students get back on track academically

To assist the public school system in the United States in recovering from the coronavirus pandemic, the federal government gave $190 billion in emergency funds. However, recent studies suggest that the expense of overcoming academic obstacles could be more than $700 billion.

Associate professor of education and public policy at George Mason University and study co-author Matthew Steinberg said, "Despite an extraordinary level o....