BEDFORD — What used to be green space behind Riddle Brook Elementary School has become an outdoor classroom for students, as the school's garden project is now complete and ready for student learning.

School closures as a result of COVID-19 pandemic have contributed to the worsening of learning poverty and the learning crisis. At the core of the learning crisis, there is an instructional crisis.

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