Students nationwide face lower earnings over their lifetime because of a loss of education during the pandemic, a Stanford economist said in a recently completed study, adding that the loss will be even greater for California students.

Eric A. Hanushek is a Paul and Jean Hanna Senior Fellow in economics at the Hoover Institution at Satnford University. (Photo by Cathy Gregory)

The average student across the U.S. will lose $70,000 in earnings over their lifetime if something isn’t done to offset the learning loss.

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Keith Burbank is currently a fulltime reporter covering Alameda County and Oakland news for Bay City News. He has also worked on the Data Points project for Local News Matters, finding trends and stories about the region through data. In 2019, he was a California Fellow at the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism, producing a series about homeless deaths in Santa Clara County. He worked as a swing shift editor for the newswire for several years as well. Outside of journalism, Keith enjoys computer programming, math, economics and music.