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<p>In August 2021, after area <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/closing-schools-hurts-kids-and-doesnt-help-anyone-else">schools had been closed</a> for at least a year, the head of <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/teachers-unions-say-cdc-reopening-guidelines-are-fine-if-youve-got-cash">United Teachers Los Angeles</a>, Cecily Myart-Cruz, infamously ruminated on the unique learning experience <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/missouri-dc-maryland-new-york-city-schools-close-early-over-coronavirus-as-omicron-surges">school closings</a> had given L.A. students.</p>
<p>"There's no such thing as learning loss," <a href="https://www.lamag.com/citythinkblog/cecily-myart-cruz-teachers-union/?utm_content=buffer5a83b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer">she told <em>Los Angeles</em> magazine.</a> “It's OK that our babies may not have learned all their times tables. They learned resilience. They learned survival. They learned critical-thinking skills. They know the difference between a riot and a protest. They know the words <em>insurrection </em>and <em>coup</em>."</p>
<p>Parents were also getting an education. Shortly thereafter, the LA United School District reported <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-09-28/lausd-enrollment-drops-by-30000-students-amid-covid-19">losing more than 27,000 students from enrollment numbers during the 2020-21 school year</a>, exacerbating a slow decline over decades.</p>
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“There’s no such thing as learning loss,” she told Los Angeles magazine. “It’s OK that our babies may not have learned all their times tables. They learned resilience. They learned survival. They learned critical-thinking skills. They know the difference between a riot and a protest. They know the words insurrection and coup.”
