A new report shows the pandemic erased two decades of progress in math and reading.

The results of a national test showed just how devastating the last two years have been for 9-year-old schoolchildren, especially the most vulnerable.

News 12's Elizabeth Hashagen was joined by Paula White, the executive director of the education advocacy group Jersey Can, and Greg Perles, from the New York State United Teachers Board of Directors and North Shore High School history teacher, to discuss education, school safety and the lingering pandemic learning loss.