“I’ll have kids gone for a week, pop in for one class the next, then miss the second class that week,” said Ms. Early, who has 100 mostly low-income students spread across eight classes, all online. “It’s hard to know what their struggles are, how to wrap your arms around it.”
Early data from the new school year suggests that the problem persists. By the end of the first week of school in Detroit — where learning is mostly being conducted virtually — 78 percent of students had shown up to class, compared with 90 percent by that point last year.
Data on why students disappear from virtual school is hard to come by, but there are some obvious explanations. Many lack a computer or stable internet; others have to work or care for younger children; some families were evicted and had to move.
“Some of these issues are largely beyond the reach of schools to address,” said Justin Reich, director of the Teaching Systems Lab at M.I.T., who has been studying remote learning during the pandemic.
“If all the adults in the house lose their job and the only person who can work is in high school and is assigned shifts during the day, it’s not that schools are totally powerless to address that situation,” he said. “But you’re asking schools that are already under tremendous strains to take on responsibilities that are probably better addressed by other forms of social policy.”
It is also likely that some students found online learning so tedious or hard to keep up with that they just dropped out, especially since many schools stopped grading or taking attendance once they closed their doors.
Most states are pushing school districts to return to normal attendance and grading policies this fall, now that they have had some time to improve their distance learning programs. That is putting pressure on schools not only to keep students engaged, but also to keep tabs on their personal circumstances and emotional health.
“There’s no question states have moved from treating remote learning as a special-case scenario in the spring, when they let up on expectations, to saying now, ‘You need to go back to business as usual,’” said Bree Dusseault, a researcher at the Center on Reinventing Public Education, which is tracking distance learning around the country.
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Sister Pimentel named to TIME100 list of most influential people in the world
ITS AN HONOR BUT WE'RE STILL IN THE DUMPS AS A CITY WHY CAN'T SHE BE VOCAL ABOUT ALL THE ABUSESES AND CORRUPTION HERE????? THAT'S NO HELP TO THE CITIZENS HERE. Just saying...
At this point I told my sister a teacher that you guys are on the Titanic just the best you can you can't save all of them,especially if they dont want to learn.
At this point I told my sister a teacher that you guys are on the Titanic just the best you can you can't save all of them,especially if they dont want to learn.
The Houston public schools are reporting up to 50% of the student population DOES NOT log-in for classes starting in the morning. No amount of FREE tablets, computers, or Wi-Fi is going to fix this problem. Elementary and junior-high kids simply do not have the SELF-DISCIPLINE or MOTIVATION to do this on their own. Kids need constant SUPERVISION to get anything done. All of this FREE SHIT these kids and families get is simply a waste of the taxpayer dollars...”the best laid plans of mice and men.”
Innovations! But did you read where the Lucio MS principal DISCOVERED or COPIED a new safety feature to use at his school? Our so-called supt. was so amazed at the new initiative that he took pictures and sent them to the other principals to share! And for this he needs two highly paid deputy supts and his over $350,000 salary???? Wow! He sure does know how to think out of the box, Drue! Give him another race!
In all 50 states, the share of non-Hispanic White eligible voters declined between 2000 and 2018, with 10 states experiencing double-digit drops in the share of White eligible voters. During that same period, Hispanic voters have come to make up increasingly larger shares of the electorate in every state.
BYE BYE HONKY!!!
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Somebody just caught a view of el hillbilly coco wanna be white and they are saying he looks exactly like Mitch McConnell!!! hahahahaha lol
smh and kma hahaha ha MARICON
We must not allow our children to be educated until all disease is eradicated
Brownsville Navigation District cuts tax rate
DON'T CUT THE RATES CUT THE TAX ALL TOGETHER WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY ANY MORE TAXES ON THIS POISON PORT.
FIND THE BRDIGE!!!
Is hillbilly a disease? YES!!!!
Big money, tonight’s Lotto Texas jackpot is $44 million
GO BUY SOME LOTTO TICKETS MAGGOTS
was his name pete w
A grand jury in Jefferson County, Ky., indicted former Louisville police detective Brett Hankison on Wednesday in connection with the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor, charging him with three counts of wanton endangerment.
Somebody said that wanto endangerment is like a traffic ticket, is it true?
We need to support kids education, or they will turn out to become 6th grade drop outs, like ese half coco mutt mongo! Imagine the future of this country, if they become like this sick racist bastard mutt! The end of the world would come soon!
Seems that all kinds of awards are handed to the wrong people at the wrong city. NO shame by those that accept these awards we all know you don't deserve them just look at the state of this cesspool city
September 23, 2020 at 5:49 PM
Your hate for women over flows, your mommy must have really done a job on you. To this day you insist on wearing female clothing which is fine but if you really want to look like a lady YOU NEED TO SHAVE pinche babosaaa MARICONA...
September 23, 2020 at 5:49 PM
I D I O T A !
September 23, 2020 at 5:49 PM
WOMEN HATER LOVES MEN...
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