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Principal Amy Dilmar is well aware that education took a big blow during COVID-19, which resulted in learning loss across the board due to school closures and related factors.","_key":"4b5f414d37590","_type":"span","marks":[]}],"_type":"block","style":"normal","_key":"c0bcd4d646d5"},{"markDefs":[],"children":[{"_type":"span","marks":[],"text":"Nevertheless, ","_key":"3ed81d1c5eb40"},{"_type":"span","marks":["strong"],"text":"she has seen test scores soar","_key":"3ed81d1c5eb41"},{"_type":"span","marks":[],"text":" in direct contradiction to the trends seen elsewhere in the nation’s education system. And she’s not alone.","_key":"3ed81d1c5eb42"}],"_type":"block","style":"normal","_key":"1dbe01e782b3"},{"style":"normal","_key":"2636e99d06df","markDefs":[],"children":[{"_type":"span","marks":[],"text":"Schools operated by the DOD ranked ","_key":"f2fd444b4c560"},{"_type":"span","marks":["strong"],"text":"higher than all other jurisdictions","_key":"f2fd444b4c561"},{"text":" in math and reading scores registered in the National Assessment of Educational Progress exam.","_key":"f2fd444b4c562","_type":"span","marks":[]}],"_type":"block"},{"_key":"cfd502e54da8","markDefs":[],"children":[{"marks":[],"text":"Furthermore, the racial and income-based disparities that have been persistent in other types of education don’t seem to be as prevalent in these schools.","_key":"0124d8d61f720","_type":"span"}],"_type":"block","style":"normal"},{"_type":"block","style":"normal","_key":"af40baf73eb0","markDefs":[],"children":[{"_type":"span","marks":["strong"],"text":"What are they doing right?","_key":"d507ac41fee10"}]},{"children":[{"marks":[],"text":"As Harvard University’s Martin West explained: “If the Department of Defense schools were a state, ","_key":"a523310ed11d0","_type":"span"},{"text":"we would all be traveling there","_key":"a523310ed11d1","_type":"span","marks":["strong"]},{"_type":"span","marks":[],"text":" to figure out what’s going on.”","_key":"a523310ed11d2"}],"_type":"block","style":"normal","_key":"151042f61e0a","markDefs":[]},{"style":"normal","_key":"4861f6621273","markDefs":[],"children":[{"_key":"c2026b42877c0","_type":"span","marks":[],"text":"But the secret to this success might not be easy to replicate nationwide. Experts believe that these schools are "},{"_type":"span","marks":["strong"],"text":"shielded from certain issues","_key":"c2026b42877c1"},{"marks":[],"text":" that negatively impact traditional schools due to ample funding and the natural diversity of the military.","_key":"c2026b42877c2","_type":"span"}],"_type":"block"},{"_key":"4f9a5793daca","markDefs":[],"children":[{"_type":"span","marks":[],"text":"Additionally, since the Defense Department makes decisions based on a central departmental standard, ","_key":"7ddd75de2b5e0"},{"marks":["strong"],"text":"it isn’t easily swayed","_key":"7ddd75de2b5e1","_type":"span"},{"text":" by school boards, cultural debates, and politics.","_key":"7ddd75de2b5e2","_type":"span","marks":[]}],"_type":"block","style":"normal"},{"_key":"ead9b2f124a1","markDefs":[],"children":[{"text":"And since students are the kids of military personnel, each family has a home, healthcare, and at least one stable income.","_key":"06dc0c713d120","_type":"span","marks":[]}],"_type":"block","style":"normal"}]}]