Four Ways to Attend:

For this year's District Dialogues event, we're offering four ways to join the conversation: In person at one of our three branch locations (Richmond, Baltimore, or Charlotte--addresses below) or virtually via Zoom.

• Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Richmond Branch, 701 E Byrd Street, Richmond, VA 23219
• Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Baltimore Branch, 502 S. Sharp Street, Baltimore, MD 21201
• Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Charlotte Branch, 530 East Trade Street, Charlotte, NC 28202
• Virtual via Zoom

About the Event:

Imagine a classroom where the vibrant energy of students learning and growing is abruptly silenced. Schools worldwide shut their doors as the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps across nations, leaving millions of students isolated from their teachers and peers. Online learning becomes the new norm, but the digital divide and lack of resources create significant barriers.

Join us Thursday, November 14, for the next installment in our District Dialogues series as we bring together economists, educators and policymakers to analyze how prolonged school closures and remote learning have affected student achievement and how it could impact our future workforce and economy. Attendees will gain insights into the long-term economic consequences of educational setbacks, including potential impacts on workforce productivity, educational inequality and economic growth.

Event Objectives:

• Summarize the key evidence of COVID-era learning loss at the national and Fifth District level.
• Explain why the economic impacts of COVID-era learning loss are an issue being studied by the Richmond Fed.
• Explore how COVID learning loss isn’t equally distributed.
• Describe what has been learned so far about the economic costs of the learning that was lost and what questions remain unanswered.
• Discuss the different types of remediation policies being tried at the state, school district and school-level.
• Explore the local economic costs of COVID-era learning loss, including potential impact on the workforce going forward.
• Examine local policies and programs to remediate COVID learning loss and existing evidence on the effectiveness of the policies so far.