Yes, you are not dreaming, this is in the New York Times:
"The evidence is now in, and it is startling. The school closures that took 50 million children out of classrooms at the start of the pandemic may prove to be the most damaging disruption in the history of American… pic.twitter.com/G2usVrTvnC
— Muriel Blaive, PhD (@MurielBlaivePhD) November 18, 2023