Posted on 12/09/2020 10:49:55 AM PST by Heartlander
Eight months into this pandemic, one thing is increasingly clear: Students learn best when they are in school. Their continued absence from the classroom has led to less learning, more mental health problems, and greater inequality as children from lower income households fall further behind.
This past spring, teachers were able to get 2-3 months of face time with their students before everyone was sent home. We knew that was disruptive, so a lot of grace was extended from teachers and administrators towards students. But now that we’re wrapping up our first fully digital semester, the real data is coming in. It isn’t pretty:
We could go on, but you get the picture...
(Excerpt) Read more at stream.org ...
For many students, the social and emotional damage is even worse than the poor learning outcomes. Dan Domenech has served as a superintendent for nearly 30 years. He’s currently the executive director of the American Association of School Administrators. Here’s his take: “We know that there has been a significant loss of learning, but I’ll tell you, we’re less concerned about that than we are about the social and emotional factors. We’re seeing an increase in the stress that students are feeling, the emotional impact that this is having on them. We’re carefully tracking suicide rates, which is a major factor.”
A LOT of complaints about A and B students getting D's and F's
The commie school boards are caught in the vice of their own corruption ... we see what theyve been doing for decades and parents and (we) grandparents are pissed. Regime change this May in Pa.
School “leaders” could care less about the kids, they’re in it only for the money.
This is hurting students across the spectrum.
Those that need help the most e.g:
- Special ed students who do much better with the extra attention.
- Students that are so-called “disadvantaged” - that label is seldom more true than those from families who don’t have the wherewithal or skills to pick up the academic ball at home.
Those at the top of the class are being hurt, too. Are they really getting the challenging material they need to thrive?
They are all being damaged not only academically, but I have yet to see one study on the emotional/social damage being done.
Where’s “the science” when our next generation needs it?
And the reality is, that this was never anything more than the flu, and that this was never about some dreaded "disease", it was and continues to be about CONTROL.
Just reopening the skoolz does little.
First, fire EVERY NEA MEMBER and start getting folks into schools who have real credentials, not Eddikashun degrees.
(Yes, I know that there are many very good and dedicated teachers and that they have most probably had their talents hindered by the absolute crap that is being dished out in universities with respect to grade and high school education. The good ones are easily identified. The rest, being liberals can shove it up their collective Obamaholes and get out there and sell fries.)
“this was never anything more than the flu”
The flu kills about 150,000/year I believe. This has killed 250,000 in nine months. It is worse than the flu.
There is no reason why schools can’t be closed for three months until the teachers get vaccinated.
Instead of learning Sept.-June, students would learn Sept. to mid-Dec. and from April 2021 to July 2022.
How many of those 250,000 actually died from it. We’ll never know.
we need to get our kids the heck out of public schools- but that aint gonna happen- though more andm ore are choosing that option these days
My formerly C high school student is getting Ds and Fs. He’s in danger of not being able to graduate from HS (he’s a senior who’s failing the only two classes he still needs to graduate).
And that’s WITH very involved, married, supportive, employed parents who care deeply about education.
I can only imagine how poorly the disadvantaged kids are doing who don’t have a strong household situation. Sad.
I did pull my soph daughter from public to private but even she is still struggling. Her private school is only allowed by the state to reopen in “hybrid” (two days a week in school, 3 days remote).
Nowhere near 250,000 people have died of COVID. I’d bet the number isn’t even half that. But even if it is, it doesn’t justify anything they’ve done, anything we’ve been forced to accept/endure.
One reason schools can’t close for three months until teachers get vaccinated is that parents need those schools to be open so they can get to work, to the factory lines and help the GDP. Also we need an educated workforce and military, for national security reasons. And thuggish teens in bad areas will be roaming the streets committing crimes if they aren’t in school. It’s a safety issue as well. Not to mention suicides, home trauma, isolation, and on and on.
That’s why reopening schools ASAP is essential. This prolonged school closure will prove to be the greatest public health and educational blunder/disaster in American history.
It’s also very easy to cheat with “remote learning.” Teens in my (wealthy) area are kind of throwing in the towel, detaching. Some kids need sports to have any interest in school. We don’t have sports, drama, music, or any of those things that make kids feel engaged in school.
Actually we need to destroy and re-design our schools. They are outdated zombies.
But let’s cut the crap and lay off every school employee while they are closed.
If kids aren’t learning anyway, we might as well save a lot of taxpayer dollars while they’re not learning.
yep, time to start fresh
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