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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://twitter.com/stephtaitwrites/status/1565820444846227456?s=21&t=kDVUN65iyFwCkh8wZN0V4w

Interesting.  This woman compared states who had the highest percentage of inperson school to states with the lowest percent of inperson school.  The results aren’t what you think. [/quote]

Did this person learn data analysis via remote school in 2020? Because that’s not how you do it.

You can’t just say: schools in “the South” reopened sooner and they saw significant learning loss, ergo the learning loss was not caused by closures. You aren’t accounting for a ton of variables, like SES, the conditions under which schools reopened, etc.

It’s also very likely that the learning loss we are seeing has multiple causes. School closures are an obvious one and I think it would be silly to ignore them as a cause. But there’s also the fact that many kids experienced massive familial disruptions during the pandemic, from losing loved ones to Covid to parents who lost their jobs, to marital issues and domestic violence made worse by social isolation. Of course this all has an impact, and the impact is likely greater on children who were already designated at risk.

But school closures also likely compounded those issues. If you are a child who has lost a parent or other family member to illness, not having school to go to can deprive you of a needed break from you grief. If you are a child in an unhappy or violent home, this is even more true. If you are simply experiencing higher stress levels during the pandemic, the routines of school and the presence of caring adults and friends, can ease that stress.

I’m sorry, but anyone trying to tell me that school closures had no impact on kids, or were even good for them, is not credible. Some badly done data analysis at the regional level with no controls is not persuasive.[/quote]

My kid loved distance learning and probably learned more at home than at school.  But certainly agree that was unusual and far from the norm.[/quote]

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