The roughly $190 billion the federal government pumped into schools in response to COVID-19 ultimately did little to aid academic recovery, according to two new studies.

The billions of dollars represent the single largest injection of money into the U.S. education system, but two separate studies released Wednesday concluded that students experienced only a modest amount of academic recovery as a result.

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