From npr; 1/4th of students never logging on

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not surprised! I’m a stay at home mom with a high HHI and I thought I was supervising my third grader but then I got an email saying that he hadn’t logged in to his afternoon math class for a whole damn week.

A lot of it was his straight-up lying about what they were doing, but a big part was he didn’t know where to go or when. He didn’t understand how to find the links for all the different rooms he was supposed to be in and he tried to set timers and reminders but sometimes the sound was off. This stuff is hard for little kids and I think the teachers expect too much or them in terms of keeping track of time and knowing how to navigate canvas to find the next class or small group.

Now he is doing great because I am with him all the time and listening to when asynchronous time ends and he doesn’t use his headphones anymore. If I had to work I’m pretty sure he would just repeat 3rd grade. I get why we are doing it but there’s no question it’s a disaster.

So it never occurred to you to check on your kid for a week and help an 8y.o. with set up? Of course he’s too little to be doing it alone, even in f2f school you have to help them navigate and organize. It’s silly to expect teachers to be able to provide support throughout.

Is your school just starting distance learning? We had a lot of trouble and confusion the first month or so, but since we've been doing distance learning consistenly since September, our third graders are able to navigate the daily schedule very well. That's on teachers and the schools though. We need to provide a consistent routine and schedule and make sure students know where to go and when. But absent a learning disability, most 3rd graders should be pretty independent by now. Mine are, and they are low income, ESOL students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Quite frankly I’m grateful the grading and deadlines are lenient this year. We have 2 DDs in high school and they have experienced a definite heightening of depression and anxiety due to the restrictions and isolation of the pandemic, even though we try to get them out safely. They know they are missing so much, especially our senior, and it has impacted their ability to handle school workloads and deadlines. The lenient grading and deadlines for this year are helping preserve their college application GPAs from previous years and helping them have success despite all the things working against them.

I am sorry your DDs are having mental health issues during this time but the lenient grading scale and expectations are going to end up graduating kids who haven’t learned anything in almost two years. That’s half of their high school careers doing almost no work and therefore no learning. I’m all for extended due dates and allowing kids revisions and such but we keep sending kids to college unprepared and that is how they end up taking on debt and not graduating. It’s a terrible cycle created by our HS policies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Quite frankly I’m grateful the grading and deadlines are lenient this year. We have 2 DDs in high school and they have experienced a definite heightening of depression and anxiety due to the restrictions and isolation of the pandemic, even though we try to get them out safely. They know they are missing so much, especially our senior, and it has impacted their ability to handle school workloads and deadlines. The lenient grading and deadlines for this year are helping preserve their college application GPAs from previous years and helping them have success despite all the things working against them.

I am sorry your DDs are having mental health issues during this time but the lenient grading scale and expectations are going to end up graduating kids who haven’t learned anything in almost two years. That’s half of their high school careers doing almost no work and therefore no learning. I’m all for extended due dates and allowing kids revisions and such but we keep sending kids to college unprepared and that is how they end up taking on debt and not graduating. It’s a terrible cycle created by our HS policies.

Just tell your kids to hand in their stuff on time. The extended deadlines are for the slacker kids. And what school do your kids go to where they haven't learned anything?

[Anonymous]

If a kid ain’t login in blame the parents. There are way too many failures out there