The Virginia Department of Education has received a three-year, 9,912 federal grant to study the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the state’s public schools. The grant, from the Institute of Education Sciences’ Using Longitudinal Data to Support State Policymaking grant program, will support researchers from VDOE and the University of Virginia as they examine pre- and post-pandemic trends through the 2022-2023 school year in student absenteeism, grade-level retention, enrollment in advanced courses and career and technical education programs, identification of students with disabilities and English learners, student mobility, and teacher retention. Researchers also will examine the effectiveness of school...