Virtual Academy students lagging behind in person

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Anonymous wrote:Here it is again...parents in this county are so behind the times. Most districts across the country have offered virtual options since the early aughts. The fact MCPS only did in 2020 because of the pandemic is embarrassing. It's time to join the rest of the country in the 21st century without complaining because remote instruction didn't work for your kid during the pandemic. It's so absurd.

Just curious- how many of the virtual programs "across the country" are actually offered at the district level? Particularly in pre-pandemic times. Quite often the virtual programs are administered at the state level, which makes sense to me. So this is partly on the state of MD.

DP-I would first say, do your own research before asking others to do it for you. But all of my teaching friends from my program are in various states and it is offered at the district level. So, no. It's not on the state of Maryland at all. It could be implemented district wide as its done in MANY other places. MoCo has a unique set of parents that simply refuse to hear any other alternatives other than "in-person". It is sad because instead of using the money and time to refine a district wide program, people just want to shut it down because of the pandemic. All of the parents who continue to post this article on social media are the same exact parents who were at every single board meeting complaining about virtual. Doesn't take a genius to figure out their agenda. It is quite sad and pathetic.

People are selfish and only care their wants are met. Not others needs.

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Anonymous wrote:The article is clearly biased, but I could see a couple things going on here. There are some kids who do virtual because of a mental or physical health issue, and that could affect school performance alone- awful hard to keep up grades when you're going through chemo. I also suspect it's directly related to parental involvement- I know of at least one family who saw the VA as an alternative to homeschooling because it, in theory, did not require as much work on the parents' part, and then they were surprised to find out how much work it still was. Their kids are in ES though, I could see HS students being more independent.

What are these numbers based on? A lot of families refused testing. We did. I was not going to send my kids into a school without any basic precautions that would not allow my kids to participate in activities, sports or graduation. And, I did not want them to miss class time either.

In person requires a lot more work as it’s far harder to monitor things, multiple trips a day to the school, etc. And at least notes and slides were provided with no textbooks and now there is nothing.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone else see this?

https://moderatelymoco.com/exclusive-mpia-results-mcps-virtual-academy-under-the-microscope-with-a-disappointing-report-card/?amp=1

Not surprising at all. I wonder if the program will continue?

Sorry, but any site calling itself moderately moco screams far-right to me. I wouldn't take their claims seriously without hard evidence.

They are.

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Anonymous wrote:Here it is again...parents in this county are so behind the times. Most districts across the country have offered virtual options since the early aughts. The fact MCPS only did in 2020 because of the pandemic is embarrassing. It's time to join the rest of the country in the 21st century without complaining because remote instruction didn't work for your kid during the pandemic. It's so absurd.

Just curious- how many of the virtual programs "across the country" are actually offered at the district level? Particularly in pre-pandemic times. Quite often the virtual programs are administered at the state level, which makes sense to me. So this is partly on the state of MD.

DP-I would first say, do your own research before asking others to do it for you. But all of my teaching friends from my program are in various states and it is offered at the district level. So, no. It's not on the state of Maryland at all. It could be implemented district wide as its done in MANY other places. MoCo has a unique set of parents that simply refuse to hear any other alternatives other than "in-person". It is sad because instead of using the money and time to refine a district wide program, people just want to shut it down because of the pandemic. All of the parents who continue to post this article on social media are the same exact parents who were at every single board meeting complaining about virtual. Doesn't take a genius to figure out their agenda. It is quite sad and pathetic.

Well how about you stop making claims when you can't back it up then.

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Anonymous wrote:Here it is again...parents in this county are so behind the times. Most districts across the country have offered virtual options since the early aughts. The fact MCPS only did in 2020 because of the pandemic is embarrassing. It's time to join the rest of the country in the 21st century without complaining because remote instruction didn't work for your kid during the pandemic. It's so absurd.

Just curious- how many of the virtual programs "across the country" are actually offered at the district level? Particularly in pre-pandemic times. Quite often the virtual programs are administered at the state level, which makes sense to me. So this is partly on the state of MD.

DP-I would first say, do your own research before asking others to do it for you. But all of my teaching friends from my program are in various states and it is offered at the district level. So, no. It's not on the state of Maryland at all. It could be implemented district wide as its done in MANY other places. MoCo has a unique set of parents that simply refuse to hear any other alternatives other than "in-person". It is sad because instead of using the money and time to refine a district wide program, people just want to shut it down because of the pandemic. All of the parents who continue to post this article on social media are the same exact parents who were at every single board meeting complaining about virtual. Doesn't take a genius to figure out their agenda. It is quite sad and pathetic.

Lady, well before the pandemic there was research showing that virtual doesn’t even work for college students. Anyone with a single brain cell knows it’s a disaster for children, and yes, we know this because of the pandemic There is an extremely narrow case for it as a stop-gap for sick kids and SN kids who truly cannot be accomodated at their current placement, but it is not a long-term solution.

My kids did great in virtual. I think the problem is mostly with parents who left young children unsupervised and expected better results. The problem isn't virtual but lazy parents.

No, the problem is that it is completely developmentally inappropriate for young children to be staring at a screen like that all day long. Don't take my word for it, ask a developmental pediatrician. That's awesome that it worked for your kids (really! I am happy for you!) but that you would blame others experience on lazy parents is unbelievable.

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Anonymous wrote:Here it is again...parents in this county are so behind the times. Most districts across the country have offered virtual options since the early aughts. The fact MCPS only did in 2020 because of the pandemic is embarrassing. It's time to join the rest of the country in the 21st century without complaining because remote instruction didn't work for your kid during the pandemic. It's so absurd.

Just curious- how many of the virtual programs "across the country" are actually offered at the district level? Particularly in pre-pandemic times. Quite often the virtual programs are administered at the state level, which makes sense to me. So this is partly on the state of MD.

DP-I would first say, do your own research before asking others to do it for you. But all of my teaching friends from my program are in various states and it is offered at the district level. So, no. It's not on the state of Maryland at all. It could be implemented district wide as its done in MANY other places. MoCo has a unique set of parents that simply refuse to hear any other alternatives other than "in-person". It is sad because instead of using the money and time to refine a district wide program, people just want to shut it down because of the pandemic. All of the parents who continue to post this article on social media are the same exact parents who were at every single board meeting complaining about virtual. Doesn't take a genius to figure out their agenda. It is quite sad and pathetic.

Lady, well before the pandemic there was research showing that virtual doesn’t even work for college students. Anyone with a single brain cell knows it’s a disaster for children, and yes, we know this because of the pandemic There is an extremely narrow case for it as a stop-gap for sick kids and SN kids who truly cannot be accomodated at their current placement, but it is not a long-term solution.

My kids did great in virtual. I think the problem is mostly with parents who left young children unsupervised and expected better results. The problem isn't virtual but lazy parents.

No, the problem is that it is completely developmentally inappropriate for young children to be staring at a screen like that all day long. Don't take my word for it, ask a developmental pediatrician. That's awesome that it worked for your kids (really! I am happy for you!) but that you would blame others experience on lazy parents is unbelievable.

This is all VA evangelists do when confronted with data, research and anecdotes that point out how virtual learning is either not working or nowhere near as effective as in-person learning. It's ridiculous but they don't seem to have another play in their playbook.

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Anonymous wrote:Here it is again...parents in this county are so behind the times. Most districts across the country have offered virtual options since the early aughts. The fact MCPS only did in 2020 because of the pandemic is embarrassing. It's time to join the rest of the country in the 21st century without complaining because remote instruction didn't work for your kid during the pandemic. It's so absurd.

Just curious- how many of the virtual programs "across the country" are actually offered at the district level? Particularly in pre-pandemic times. Quite often the virtual programs are administered at the state level, which makes sense to me. So this is partly on the state of MD.

DP-I would first say, do your own research before asking others to do it for you. But all of my teaching friends from my program are in various states and it is offered at the district level. So, no. It's not on the state of Maryland at all. It could be implemented district wide as its done in MANY other places. MoCo has a unique set of parents that simply refuse to hear any other alternatives other than "in-person". It is sad because instead of using the money and time to refine a district wide program, people just want to shut it down because of the pandemic. All of the parents who continue to post this article on social media are the same exact parents who were at every single board meeting complaining about virtual. Doesn't take a genius to figure out their agenda. It is quite sad and pathetic.

Lady, well before the pandemic there was research showing that virtual doesn’t even work for college students. Anyone with a single brain cell knows it’s a disaster for children, and yes, we know this because of the pandemic There is an extremely narrow case for it as a stop-gap for sick kids and SN kids who truly cannot be accomodated at their current placement, but it is not a long-term solution.

My kids did great in virtual. I think the problem is mostly with parents who left young children unsupervised and expected better results. The problem isn't virtual but lazy parents.

No, the problem is that it is completely developmentally inappropriate for young children to be staring at a screen like that all day long. Don't take my word for it, ask a developmental pediatrician. That's awesome that it worked for your kids (really! I am happy for you!) but that you would blame others experience on lazy parents is unbelievable.

This is all VA evangelists do when confronted with data, research and anecdotes that point out how virtual learning is either not working or nowhere near as effective as in-person learning. It's ridiculous but they don't seem to have another play in their playbook.

+1. And the thing is, I think most of us can get behind the idea of a virtual program for kids that need it. My cousin’s DC had cancer a few years ago and they were able to shift to the virtual program (they’re in Florida) during the year they got treatment. I do think this would be more efficient at the state level, which it seems that VA supporters are largely opposed to. But if they want this long term I would not be putting all my eggs in the MCPS basket.

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Anonymous wrote:Here it is again...parents in this county are so behind the times. Most districts across the country have offered virtual options since the early aughts. The fact MCPS only did in 2020 because of the pandemic is embarrassing. It's time to join the rest of the country in the 21st century without complaining because remote instruction didn't work for your kid during the pandemic. It's so absurd.

Just curious- how many of the virtual programs "across the country" are actually offered at the district level? Particularly in pre-pandemic times. Quite often the virtual programs are administered at the state level, which makes sense to me. So this is partly on the state of MD.

DP-I would first say, do your own research before asking others to do it for you. But all of my teaching friends from my program are in various states and it is offered at the district level. So, no. It's not on the state of Maryland at all. It could be implemented district wide as its done in MANY other places. MoCo has a unique set of parents that simply refuse to hear any other alternatives other than "in-person". It is sad because instead of using the money and time to refine a district wide program, people just want to shut it down because of the pandemic. All of the parents who continue to post this article on social media are the same exact parents who were at every single board meeting complaining about virtual. Doesn't take a genius to figure out their agenda. It is quite sad and pathetic.

Lady, well before the pandemic there was research showing that virtual doesn’t even work for college students. Anyone with a single brain cell knows it’s a disaster for children, and yes, we know this because of the pandemic There is an extremely narrow case for it as a stop-gap for sick kids and SN kids who truly cannot be accomodated at their current placement, but it is not a long-term solution.

My kids did great in virtual. I think the problem is mostly with parents who left young children unsupervised and expected better results. The problem isn't virtual but lazy parents.

No, the problem is that it is completely developmentally inappropriate for young children to be staring at a screen like that all day long. Don't take my word for it, ask a developmental pediatrician. That's awesome that it worked for your kids (really! I am happy for you!) but that you would blame others experience on lazy parents is unbelievable.

What do you think they do in person? You think it's any different? It worked well for my kids for several years. Parenting is a huge part of it. There are SN kids in the MVA. Not sure what you are talking about.

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Anonymous wrote:Here it is again...parents in this county are so behind the times. Most districts across the country have offered virtual options since the early aughts. The fact MCPS only did in 2020 because of the pandemic is embarrassing. It's time to join the rest of the country in the 21st century without complaining because remote instruction didn't work for your kid during the pandemic. It's so absurd.

Just curious- how many of the virtual programs "across the country" are actually offered at the district level? Particularly in pre-pandemic times. Quite often the virtual programs are administered at the state level, which makes sense to me. So this is partly on the state of MD.

DP-I would first say, do your own research before asking others to do it for you. But all of my teaching friends from my program are in various states and it is offered at the district level. So, no. It's not on the state of Maryland at all. It could be implemented district wide as its done in MANY other places. MoCo has a unique set of parents that simply refuse to hear any other alternatives other than "in-person". It is sad because instead of using the money and time to refine a district wide program, people just want to shut it down because of the pandemic. All of the parents who continue to post this article on social media are the same exact parents who were at every single board meeting complaining about virtual. Doesn't take a genius to figure out their agenda. It is quite sad and pathetic.

Lady, well before the pandemic there was research showing that virtual doesn’t even work for college students. Anyone with a single brain cell knows it’s a disaster for children, and yes, we know this because of the pandemic There is an extremely narrow case for it as a stop-gap for sick kids and SN kids who truly cannot be accomodated at their current placement, but it is not a long-term solution.

My kids did great in virtual. I think the problem is mostly with parents who left young children unsupervised and expected better results. The problem isn't virtual but lazy parents.

No, the problem is that it is completely developmentally inappropriate for young children to be staring at a screen like that all day long. Don't take my word for it, ask a developmental pediatrician. That's awesome that it worked for your kids (really! I am happy for you!) but that you would blame others experience on lazy parents is unbelievable.

This is all VA evangelists do when confronted with data, research and anecdotes that point out how virtual learning is either not working or nowhere near as effective as in-person learning. It's ridiculous but they don't seem to have another play in their playbook.

We know our experience with the school. You have no experience and are slamming it. It was equally effective for our kids, in some ways better. It is teacher-dependent. A bad teacher in person is not better than a really good one virtually.

The big downfall is the social/home schools not allowing participation and not offering enough classes. MCPS big push for HS now is to dump the kids on MC vs. providing the high level classes which is a nightmare given the hours don't match with school schedules.

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Of course they they, remote learning is as fake as remote work. It completely overlooks the intangibles and peer influence for some hourly metric based nonsense. Yes some focused and driven people with specific tasks can be done with minimal drop off but most people are below avg and lazy while they are the ones who need direct support the most and will drag the avgs down the furthest.

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Anonymous wrote:Here it is again...parents in this county are so behind the times. Most districts across the country have offered virtual options since the early aughts. The fact MCPS only did in 2020 because of the pandemic is embarrassing. It's time to join the rest of the country in the 21st century without complaining because remote instruction didn't work for your kid during the pandemic. It's so absurd.

Just curious- how many of the virtual programs "across the country" are actually offered at the district level? Particularly in pre-pandemic times. Quite often the virtual programs are administered at the state level, which makes sense to me. So this is partly on the state of MD.

DP-I would first say, do your own research before asking others to do it for you. But all of my teaching friends from my program are in various states and it is offered at the district level. So, no. It's not on the state of Maryland at all. It could be implemented district wide as its done in MANY other places. MoCo has a unique set of parents that simply refuse to hear any other alternatives other than "in-person". It is sad because instead of using the money and time to refine a district wide program, people just want to shut it down because of the pandemic. All of the parents who continue to post this article on social media are the same exact parents who were at every single board meeting complaining about virtual. Doesn't take a genius to figure out their agenda. It is quite sad and pathetic.

Lady, well before the pandemic there was research showing that virtual doesn’t even work for college students. Anyone with a single brain cell knows it’s a disaster for children, and yes, we know this because of the pandemic There is an extremely narrow case for it as a stop-gap for sick kids and SN kids who truly cannot be accomodated at their current placement, but it is not a long-term solution.

My kids did great in virtual. I think the problem is mostly with parents who left young children unsupervised and expected better results. The problem isn't virtual but lazy parents.

No, the problem is that it is completely developmentally inappropriate for young children to be staring at a screen like that all day long. Don't take my word for it, ask a developmental pediatrician. That's awesome that it worked for your kids (really! I am happy for you!) but that you would blame others experience on lazy parents is unbelievable.

To the "lazy parent" person... Maybe you should consider the possibility that other people's experience is not your own. My kid did horribly during remote learning. I don't fully understand why, but aspects of their disability make hearing and seeing things in person 100x better than on a screen. No one here is lazy. So even while RL a failure for us, I assume it works for other families including those with physical and/or emotional disabilities.

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Anonymous wrote:Here it is again...parents in this county are so behind the times. Most districts across the country have offered virtual options since the early aughts. The fact MCPS only did in 2020 because of the pandemic is embarrassing. It's time to join the rest of the country in the 21st century without complaining because remote instruction didn't work for your kid during the pandemic. It's so absurd.

Just curious- how many of the virtual programs "across the country" are actually offered at the district level? Particularly in pre-pandemic times. Quite often the virtual programs are administered at the state level, which makes sense to me. So this is partly on the state of MD.

DP-I would first say, do your own research before asking others to do it for you. But all of my teaching friends from my program are in various states and it is offered at the district level. So, no. It's not on the state of Maryland at all. It could be implemented district wide as its done in MANY other places. MoCo has a unique set of parents that simply refuse to hear any other alternatives other than "in-person". It is sad because instead of using the money and time to refine a district wide program, people just want to shut it down because of the pandemic. All of the parents who continue to post this article on social media are the same exact parents who were at every single board meeting complaining about virtual. Doesn't take a genius to figure out their agenda. It is quite sad and pathetic.

Lady, well before the pandemic there was research showing that virtual doesn’t even work for college students. Anyone with a single brain cell knows it’s a disaster for children, and yes, we know this because of the pandemic There is an extremely narrow case for it as a stop-gap for sick kids and SN kids who truly cannot be accomodated at their current placement, but it is not a long-term solution.

My kids did great in virtual. I think the problem is mostly with parents who left young children unsupervised and expected better results. The problem isn't virtual but lazy parents.

No, the problem is that it is completely developmentally inappropriate for young children to be staring at a screen like that all day long. Don't take my word for it, ask a developmental pediatrician. That's awesome that it worked for your kids (really! I am happy for you!) but that you would blame others experience on lazy parents is unbelievable.

What do you think they do in person? You think it's any different? It worked well for my kids for several years. Parenting is a huge part of it. There are SN kids in the MVA. Not sure what you are talking about.

I sat with a kindergartner during “virtual learning” and if I had been a good parent I would have pulled him out and either homeschooled or put him in Catholic school (which was in person). You will never convince me that it would have gone better if only I had parented harder. Never.

And FWIW, I volunteer periodically at their school now and no, it is not the same as the online BS. But enjoy your virtual world.

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Anonymous wrote:Here it is again...parents in this county are so behind the times. Most districts across the country have offered virtual options since the early aughts. The fact MCPS only did in 2020 because of the pandemic is embarrassing. It's time to join the rest of the country in the 21st century without complaining because remote instruction didn't work for your kid during the pandemic. It's so absurd.

Just curious- how many of the virtual programs "across the country" are actually offered at the district level? Particularly in pre-pandemic times. Quite often the virtual programs are administered at the state level, which makes sense to me. So this is partly on the state of MD.

DP-I would first say, do your own research before asking others to do it for you. But all of my teaching friends from my program are in various states and it is offered at the district level. So, no. It's not on the state of Maryland at all. It could be implemented district wide as its done in MANY other places. MoCo has a unique set of parents that simply refuse to hear any other alternatives other than "in-person". It is sad because instead of using the money and time to refine a district wide program, people just want to shut it down because of the pandemic. All of the parents who continue to post this article on social media are the same exact parents who were at every single board meeting complaining about virtual. Doesn't take a genius to figure out their agenda. It is quite sad and pathetic.

Lady, well before the pandemic there was research showing that virtual doesn’t even work for college students. Anyone with a single brain cell knows it’s a disaster for children, and yes, we know this because of the pandemic There is an extremely narrow case for it as a stop-gap for sick kids and SN kids who truly cannot be accomodated at their current placement, but it is not a long-term solution.

My kids did great in virtual. I think the problem is mostly with parents who left young children unsupervised and expected better results. The problem isn't virtual but lazy parents.

No, the problem is that it is completely developmentally inappropriate for young children to be staring at a screen like that all day long. Don't take my word for it, ask a developmental pediatrician. That's awesome that it worked for your kids (really! I am happy for you!) but that you would blame others experience on lazy parents is unbelievable.

This is all VA evangelists do when confronted with data, research and anecdotes that point out how virtual learning is either not working or nowhere near as effective as in-person learning. It's ridiculous but they don't seem to have another play in their playbook.

We know our experience with the school. You have no experience and are slamming it. It was equally effective for our kids, in some ways better. It is teacher-dependent. A bad teacher in person is not better than a really good one virtually.

The big downfall is the social/home schools not allowing participation and not offering enough classes. MCPS big push for HS now is to dump the kids on MC vs. providing the high level classes which is a nightmare given the hours don't match with school schedules.

They don’t see it as a long term investment. Some of us have been advocating to MSDE because the current governor is very supportive of online options. Please join us. The state could offer a lot more AP classes with a bigger pool of kids, for one thing.

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Anonymous wrote:Here it is again...parents in this county are so behind the times. Most districts across the country have offered virtual options since the early aughts. The fact MCPS only did in 2020 because of the pandemic is embarrassing. It's time to join the rest of the country in the 21st century without complaining because remote instruction didn't work for your kid during the pandemic. It's so absurd.

Just curious- how many of the virtual programs "across the country" are actually offered at the district level? Particularly in pre-pandemic times. Quite often the virtual programs are administered at the state level, which makes sense to me. So this is partly on the state of MD.

DP-I would first say, do your own research before asking others to do it for you. But all of my teaching friends from my program are in various states and it is offered at the district level. So, no. It's not on the state of Maryland at all. It could be implemented district wide as its done in MANY other places. MoCo has a unique set of parents that simply refuse to hear any other alternatives other than "in-person". It is sad because instead of using the money and time to refine a district wide program, people just want to shut it down because of the pandemic. All of the parents who continue to post this article on social media are the same exact parents who were at every single board meeting complaining about virtual. Doesn't take a genius to figure out their agenda. It is quite sad and pathetic.

Lady, well before the pandemic there was research showing that virtual doesn’t even work for college students. Anyone with a single brain cell knows it’s a disaster for children, and yes, we know this because of the pandemic There is an extremely narrow case for it as a stop-gap for sick kids and SN kids who truly cannot be accomodated at their current placement, but it is not a long-term solution.

My kids did great in virtual. I think the problem is mostly with parents who left young children unsupervised and expected better results. The problem isn't virtual but lazy parents.

No, the problem is that it is completely developmentally inappropriate for young children to be staring at a screen like that all day long. Don't take my word for it, ask a developmental pediatrician. That's awesome that it worked for your kids (really! I am happy for you!) but that you would blame others experience on lazy parents is unbelievable.

What do you think they do in person? You think it's any different? It worked well for my kids for several years. Parenting is a huge part of it. There are SN kids in the MVA. Not sure what you are talking about.

I sat with a kindergartner during “virtual learning” and if I had been a good parent I would have pulled him out and either homeschooled or put him in Catholic school (which was in person). You will never convince me that it would have gone better if only I had parented harder. Never.

And FWIW, I volunteer periodically at their school now and no, it is not the same as the online BS. But enjoy your virtual world.

Oh shut up.

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Anonymous wrote:Of course they they, remote learning is as fake as remote work. It completely overlooks the intangibles and peer influence for some hourly metric based nonsense. Yes some focused and driven people with specific tasks can be done with minimal drop off but most people are below avg and lazy while they are the ones who need direct support the most and will drag the avgs down the furthest.

That's assuming peer influence is a positive experience. Many students are excelling in the virtual environment because they are not dealing with bullying, peer pressure or the nonsense that takes place in every school hallway and classroom. They want to learn and can focus on learning in that environment. Is virtual learning great for all students? No it is not but for some it is a huge benefit.