NEW: We’re starting to get numbers on remote learning during Covid, and the inequality is staggering: In some high-poverty areas, more than half of children are not able to participate. In some selective schools, “attendance” is near 100%. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/06/us/coronavirus-schools-attendance-absent.html?referringSource=articleShare

Remember that you need many elements to make online learning from home work: Internet, a functional device, adult supervision, and to be free from responsibilities such as babysitting for younger siblings while parents work.

Kids are scared they’re going to fall behind. Education leaders are debating ideas for how to catch children up so they don’t experience learning loss that impacts the rest of their lives. Our latest, via @adampopescu, @nhannahjones and me Https://t.co/Vmm8aJ0yha