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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Such an ignorant comment. You know very little about education, and if you say you do, then what you know is garbage. Students are getting an education via distance learning. Thanks to technology and resourceful teachers children are being educated. You will lose that argument every time. Schools might even open in the spring as soon as vaccines are rolled out and people stop gathering 'safely'.[/quote]

Well I know something about education, with my PhD in applied economics and education think tank work. I also know that my elementary school-age children are only learning around half what they learned at school pre-Covid via DCPS furnished DL.  This is true although they're enrolled in one of the District's highest-performing public elementary schools.

For the most part, technology, and resourceful teachers working from home just can't seem to compensate for what technology and resourceful teachers can do in a classroom. We supplement a good deal to try to keep the kids on track academically.

Why should the WTU agree to send teachers back into classrooms in the spring when the Bowser clearly can't, or won't, force their hand?[/quote]

+1.  Reality is that kids in elementary who are on grade level or above currently are only so because parents like us are supplementing heavily.  It’s not from the DL.  It’s a cold hard fact.  Elementary teachers who think kids are doing so great will have a hard reality to face when kids are back in their classroom and so behind in content, depth, and curriculum.

We are at a very highly regarded charter and at least our teachers have acknowledged that many kids are not grasping math concepts thru DL and needing to spend even more time on it.  [/quote]

You act like it's such a difficult task. I teach in a title 1 school and I get children 1-5 grade levels behind all the time. I manage to at least get 1.5-2.5 years worth of growth in a school year. I'm sure your precious NW teachers can manage such a simple task with parents who are more invested than some (key word here) other parents at my school.
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You are in denial if you teach elementary.  You haven’t taught kids who have been checked out and not IN school for almost a year and a half when it’s all said and done.  Many of these kids will be your kids and even further behind.  Many will never catch up.  I’m sure you know that if the kids aren’t reading by 3rd grade, high probability they will not finish school.

At least at my charter, all the kids are actively participating.  Even with this, they are not progressing well.

But best of luck to you.  You will need it.[/quote]

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