Students are slowly but surely making gains to catch up after pandemic-era learning losses in math and reading, but who is making gains, and by how much, varies. 

Research shows that the nation's public school system is recovering unevenly, and there are few cases of that inequality being addressed. 

For more on this, KCBS Radio's Holly Quan was joined by Robin Lake, Director of the Center on Reinventing Public Education at Arizona State University.

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