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title: The Economic Impact of Learning Losses
description: NEWS:OECD:These losses will follow students into the labour market, and both students and their nations are likely to feel the adverse economic outcomes.
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# [The Economic Impact of Learning Losses](https://blog.dsstpublicschools.org/helix/learninglosses)

 Written by [DSST Public Schools](https://blog.dsstpublicschools.org/helix/author/dsst-public-schools) | 09/10/20

We encourage you to read this fascinating and important [report](http://www.oecd.org/education/The-economic-impacts-of-coronavirus-covid-19-learning-losses.pdf?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20200910&instance_id=22057&nl=the-morning%C2%AEi_id=62800928%C2%A7ion_index=3%C2%A7ion_name=idea_of_the_day_lost_learning&segment_id=37752&te=1&user_id=6172d2eca454ffd1d735e66e7f387ff4)!

OECD:

The worldwide school closures in early 2020 led to losses in learning that will not easily be made up for even if schools quickly return to their prior performance levels. These losses will have lasting economic impacts both on the affected students and on each nation unless they are effectively remediated.

Read the full report [here](http://www.oecd.org/education/The-economic-impacts-of-coronavirus-covid-19-learning-losses.pdf?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20200910&instance_id=22057&nl=the-morning%C2%AEi_id=62800928%C2%A7ion_index=3%C2%A7ion_name=idea_of_the_day_lost_learning&segment_id=37752&te=1&user_id=6172d2eca454ffd1d735e66e7f387ff4). 

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