As COVID babies go to school, educators look for pandemic's impact

Educating ‘pandemic babies’ (Aug. 12, 2025)

On Tuesday's show: As HISD campuses head back to school today, we discuss the challenges faced by kids whose early childhoods were disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. And we remember astronaut Jim Lovell of the Apollo 13 mission, who passed away last week.

As COVID babies go to school, educators look for pandemic's impact

(The Hill) - Babies born during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic are heading to preschool and kindergarten, and experts are waiting anxiously to see its impact on the young learners.    Concerns about cognitive and social delays, such as difficulties sharing or following directions, have arisen, as conflicting studies and educators' anecdotes emerge about 4- and 5-year-olds. While devastating consequences were immediately noticeable for older…