KNX In Depth: Math and reading scores plummet because of pandemic school closures--California's ambitious climate change bills--Police secretly using obscure online tool to track people--Twitter testing "edit" function

When the pandemic hit, schools across the country shut down and students went into remote learning. Some people at the time criticized the lengthy closures, saying it would hurt the kids academically. Now a new federal study shows math and reading scores for 9-year-olds fell dramatically during the first two years of the pandemic. We go In Depth into how far they dropped. We know the pandemic hit adults hard too. A new survey shows just how hard it's impacted people's mental health locally and across California. State lawmakers pass some big climate change bills with some lofty goals. But are they realistic? The United Nations has sent a team of nuclear experts to Ukraine to check out Europe's largest nuclear plant. One reactor is down because of the war.Police across the country have found an online tool and are using it to track where people go. The problem is that they do it sometimes without warrants. We haven't heard much about hurricanes this year. It's because there haven't really been many. We go In Depth into why the Atlantic is so calm right now. Twitter was asked to do it. Now it is. The "edit" function is coming.  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices