KNX News hosted a town hall examining the effect the COVID-19 pandemic had on young people and how it shaped their learning habits and environments.
In the town hall, the station pondered why standardized testing showed 9-year-olds lost the equivalent of two decades of progress in math and reading.
Another topic of discussion during A Generation Lost was the rise in potential youth suicide. According to a study from the CDC’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 22% of high school students in the United States admitted they had considered suicide.
The program — hosted by LA’s Morning News anchor Mike Simpson and LA’s Afternoon News anchor Charles Feldman — aired Tuesday evening and featured a panel of Southern California students, the Superintendent of the Long Beach school district, and other academic figures.
“There is no issue of more universal importance to our communities,” said Audacy Southern California Regional President Jeff Federman. “It was important that we use our platform at KNX News to ensure parents and teens know they’re not alone in adjusting to a new reality.”
