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Breaking: We are amassing a body of research on the likely impact of the pandemic on children's learning.
The news is not good.
Some students will lose up to a year of academic gains. Black, Hispanic and poor children will lose the most. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/05/us/coronavirus-education-lost-learning.html?smid=tw-share
Breaking: We are amassing a body of research on the likely impact of the pandemic on children's learning. The news is not good.
Some students will lose up to a year of academic gains. Black, Hispanic and poor children will lose the most. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/05/us/coronavirus-education-lost-learning.html?smid=tw-share
2. This crisis is not the fault of families. A Census survey found that across lines of race and class, parents were spending 10-14 hours per week assisting their kids with remote learning.
It is a huge commitment and has taken a toll on parents during an ecomomic crisis.
It is a huge commitment and has taken a toll on parents during an ecomomic crisis.
3. But access to quality remote *instruction* -- as opposed to passive worksheet-like activities -- has been uneven due to district policies and lack of devices and internet connectivity at home.
4. What are children missing out on? Phonics. Fractions. College advising. And this research doesn't even touch on the social and emotional aspects of schooling.
5. Perhaps the scariest emerging problem is that schools will need to make up for these deficits as they face significant budget gaps.
School budgets face larger cuts than police budgets in some cities.
School budgets face larger cuts than police budgets in some cities.
6. In my 15-year career, this is the most historic moment I've covered in American education. That it's happening amid and because of other historic crises only adds to the severity of this moment. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/05/us/coronavirus-education-lost-learning.html?smid=tw-share
7. I want to add that schools, teachers and parents have all done heroic work through the closures. You can read some of their stories in this piece and others I've written over the past several months. But we must also look at outcomes. And they are disappointing.
