McMicken Heights Elementary School third grade teacher Annie Nguyen poses for a photo at her Renton home with books she'll use with her students. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)
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Every day, these Seattle-area third grade teachers fight the clock in an effort to prevent ‘learning loss’

To mitigate the havoc the pandemic can wreak on students’ learning, Highline Public Schools are practicing a learning strategy known as “acceleration”: Keep students progressing to more advanced lessons. Catch them up as needed. Don’t dwell on what was missed. Updated

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