with us now, nicole neily. nicole, thanks for being with us today.ids have been at school in person for about a year now, and they're still not caught up. what is going on in schools that is preventing us getting back on tracksome. >> well, let's remember that, you know, children are in school for a e finite period of time every day, 7, 8 hours. and rather than spending every minute of every day making up that astonishing learning loss that our children were were forced to go through, we've seen districts across the country redistrict resources and classroom time -- redirect towards identity projects, social justice initiatives. so children are not make up that learning losses and, frankly, even before the pandemic student achievement was nothing to write home about. it's horrible. brian: nicole, this gap really bothers me. but on question of fixing it, look, some states are talking about having students be in the classroom longer e. i think you make a great point, the outcomes weren't that good before covid, frankly. a lot of students are looking at