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\RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS 49.8 COVID Learning Loss Photos of Mercége Martins (instructor and owner of the River Heights Kumon franchise); and various shots of workbooks and desks where young students work after school hours. This feature will explore the various datasets we have on learning loss in Manitoba to date and how students were affected socially/emotionally and in terms of their academic achievement. Martins, one of the key sources for the project, talked in depth about her worries about gaps and in particular, concern around reading comprehension and K-6 students not receiving the foundational blocks they would typically get due to inconsistent in-class learning and one-on-one time. COVID LEARNING LOSS 49.8: The students enrolled in an after-school math and reading program in River Heights vary in skill level. The COVID-19 pandemic has produced potholes in their education — each of a different depth, width and overall size — that they are now filling at Kumon. Reporter info: Maggie Macintosh June 24th, 2022