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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]But kids did go back to school in Aug/Sept 2020 in parts of the south, Midwest, and west, basically everywhere except the coasts. And we quickly saw that the sky didn’t fall, that school kids and, yes, teachers too didn’t become horribly sick en masse, and that they didn’t have as bad of learning losses as the closed districts did. They could have planned for a month or even a quarter of closures and then transitioning back to open schools. Instead it was unreachable “metrics” and “14 days no new cases” and this that and the other excuse. [/quote]
What is the learning loss in those areas relative to the learning loss measured in areas that were closed for longer?[/quote]

about the same in fact FL which was open mostly has fared poorly and they think it wasn't that schools were closed but other factors related to the pandemic that caused many of these issues[/quote]

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/education/see-it-math-reading-scores-fell-every-state-pandemic

The data from the "nation's report card" showed that California, which kept schools closed for months longer than other states, didn't fare much differently than Florida, which mandated all schools be open for the entire 2020-2021 school year.

Eighth grade math scores in Florida declined by 7 points, while scores in California declined by 6 points. Similarly, Illinois, which kept schools closed, saw a 7-point decline, which was no different than Texas, where most schools were opened fairly early on.

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