BREAKING: Stunning data for Fairfax County, VA's largest school system, shows HUGE academic cost of online learning — Fs up by 83% this year.

Vulnerable children struggling most: Fs for students w/ disabilities up by 111%, for English learners up by 106% https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/fairfax-schools-more-failing-grades/2020/11/24/1ac2412e-2e34-11eb-96c2-aac3f162215d_story.html

Some data worth teasing out:

* Hispanic children are suffering more than any other racial group. F's for them up by 92%. And they're underperforming in English and math by large margins: 42% in Math, 47% in English.

* 35% of all kids underperforming in math, 39% in English

Also, younger kids are experiencing more serious effects. F's for Fairfax high-schoolers are up by 50%.

But among middle-schoolers, F's are up by 300%:
* up 400% for middle-schoolers w/ disabilites
* up 400% for Hispanic middle-schoolers
* up 383% for English learners

Finally, the data confirms experts' worst fears/predictions about online learning: That children who were already engaged, and in stable/supportive home situations, will do just fine. BUT that kids who were already struggling will take a deep, possibly irrecoverable nosedive —