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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There has been zero discussion on addressing learning loss. Only a mention that it exists. My kids Title i schools, especially the HS, seems almost gleeful about it. They are he!! bent on reducing the number of APs and Honors classes students take.

It shouldn’t be a matter of, if you parent want to address the learning loss, you can pay for it yourself. This should be addressed from the top down (state to district). [/quote]

Realistically speaking, they would have many of the kids repeat a full year of school. Most of the kids in FCPS, not just Title 1 schools, would have been better off if they repeated their DL year. The standards were diminished for the year and many kids struggled with those diminished standards due to DL. But the idea of having a large percentage of the kids in FCPS repeat a year was too much for anyone to handle and if you think that the schools are going to be able to address the learning loss during the school year, you are crazy.

And yes, the ES kids are going to struggle with higher math in a bunch of years for the same reason that the current kids in Algebra 2 are struggling. They are missing core concepts that are needed for future success. It is easier to see what is missing in the older kids now but the ES kids are going to have the same issue. The reality is that ES parents have more time to recover using things like Khan Academy (free), workbooks, or some type of tutoring/math class program (Kumon, Sylvan, RSM.)

I cannot imagine how badly the kids taking Algebra were affected by this. The Teachers taught a different curriculum and the online learning was not ideal. There were too many options for kids to be lazy or cheat or just not show up. We saw plenty of adults who were suddenly teleworking not showing up and not doing the work that they were assigned at my job site, why would I expect that teenagers might not do the same thing? For the kids who were making an effort, they got a slower course that did not cover all the normal concepts. They had to figure out how to learn in a totally different environment. It is very likely that they did not learn the material as well as they would have learned it in the classroom.

This is not a good combination for kids today in Algebra 2 because you have kids who cheated and kids who tried but were not given the full material and the schools and Parents are acting like these same kids had the full course and are prepared for Algebra 2 when they simply are not. There is probably a small percentage of the kids taking the class who are ready for Algebra 2 and I would be t that those kids were doing extra work to get to that point. We are all going to be dealing with this for a long time. [/quote]
Agreed, it would have been better to have had kids repeat, although perhaps just the classes that build (foreign language and math) so that kids could still graduate on time. It's possible that could still be done (give a proficiency test and hold back those in foreign language and math that need it) but no one has the stomach to do it. Instead, kids that do outside work will make a slow recovery while kids that don't will have prolonged weakness. The achievement gap will worsen as a result.

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