Learning losses from COVID-19 could cost this generation of students close to $17 trillion in lifetime earnings
World Bank-UNESCO-UNICEF report lays out the magnitude of the education crisis WASHINGTON D.C., United States of America, This generation of students now risks losing $17 trillion in lifetime earnings in present value, or about 14 percent of today’s global GDP, as a result of COVID-19 pandemic-related school closures, according to a new report published today by the World Bank, UNESCO,…