[ladyjane]

We're destroying the lives of an entire generation of school-age kids.

No. There are thousands of kids who are 2 and 3 grades ahead because they are learning via the computer because they don't have to deal with disruptive kids in the classroom and they don't have to listen to their teacher spouting political nonsense.

Unfortunately there are thousands of kids who are now 2 and 3 grades behind and the schools have two groups of kids - achievers and non-achievers.

[Jamestown1630]

Unfortunately there are thousands of kids who are now 2 and 3 grades behind

Those are the ones I'm worried about - and I'd put it in the TENS of thousands.

The discipline of the classroom carries some weight, even though the public education classroom isn't at all as old people like I am recall. The socialization that happens among school kids interacting with one another and their teachers/authority figures matters, too.

[Mariner]

“and the schools have two groups of kids - achievers and non-achievers.”

So, no change then.

[WhattheDickens?]

Total BS with no evidence. It’s programming, not education and why television didn’t transform education the way many people expected. It provides information. Learning is an experience.

[Reddy]

“Unfortunately there are thousands of kids who are now 2 and 3 grades behind“....

Most private schools in this area returned to regular in person teaching in September.

The public schools have not been in session (except for a few stops and starts) for almost a year.

How is that going to work out for generic inner city kid?

Talk about white supremacy...Teacher’s Union say what?