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New Report Shows Just How Hard 2020 Was On America's Kids
Our children "are in trouble" say researchers, who ranked the states where children have been most negatively affected by COVID-19.
Researchers used three criteria to determine how difficult it has been for children to reach their full potential over the past year during the COVID-19 pandemic: hunger, access to tools for remote learning and reduced family income.
The states where children have fared best during the pandemic are Minnesota, Utah, Washington and New Hampshire, they concluded.
The states where children have fared the worst are Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas and New Mexico. In those states, and others, many children have faced multiple, compounding problems.