Fourth graders can’t read because they were kept at home for two years. They missed a crucial window in learning. First and second graders now test better than third and fourth graders.
If parents can’t teach k - 4 reading why is anyone blaming teachers?
Parents are the primary educators for their children. Everyone can either consider themselves homeschoolers with a supplement of public school or they can explain to God later why this neglect happened.
“Fourth graders can’t read because they were kept at home for two years.”
This was a glaring problem long before WuFlu and the lockdowns.
Fourth graders can’t read because they were kept at home for two years.
Nearly all lessons are conducted through either a smart board or to students on their individual chrome books. Actual books appear to only be rarely used. Only the brightest or most driven students actually appear to read and do any kind of math without the crutch of a calculator. They are very good at ‘looking things up’, but not so much when it comes to actually ‘knowing’ anything. I find it all very discouraging.