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The math problem: Kids are still behind. How can schools catch them up?
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Aggie Gambino, left, helps one of her twin ten-year-old daughters, Giuliana, right, work on math worksheets as they go through homework from school at the dining room table in their home Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023, in Spring, Texas. Aggie has often found herself searching YouTube for math videos to help her children with math. - photo by AP Photo/Michael Wyke
On a breezy July morning in South Seattle, a dozen elementary-aged students ran math relays behind an elementary school. One by one, they raced to a table, where they scribbled answers to multiplication questions before sprinting back to high-five their teammate. These students are part of a summer program run by the nonprofit School Connect WA, designed to help them catch up on math and literacy skills lost during the pandemic.