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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ugh there is already so much education research on interrupted schooling in the US. A lot of this was based on responses to Hurricane Katrina, were a huge number of children faced significant interruptions to their education, including missing school entirely or regularly. COVID-19 educational researchers are using this as a starting place to evaluate what is happening to our children right now.

These children are much worse off today. Louisiana has a high rate of young people who are unemployed directly as a result of this event. It was only about 20% of students (almost certainly the most vulnerable) who were not enrolled or not attending regularly, but when they went back to schools in NO, it was chaos.

Kids were placed in the correct grade for their age, no matter enrollment status. Some students were of course vastly far ahead of their classmates. These gaps were mostly based on household income. This caused chaos in the classroom. A decade later, children were still behind in schooling, because you can't systematically make up these gaps.

Current education research tells us that DL is an extremely poor substitute for in-person education, and researchers consider this to be a variant of interrupted education. Every education researcher worth their salt agrees that this is traumatic and bad for children.

And yet, here we are, arguing that this situation is fine or a little inconvenient, despite the fact that we have mountains of evidence suggesting that a generation of kids will be permanently negatively affected by this last year.

As someone who is familiar with the research (and becoming more so), I feel like Cassandra trying to explain to you guys what we will be seeing in the next few years.[/quote]

I also want to note that yes, there are exceptional teachers, like the one earlier in this thread, who can make up more than a year's worth of education for some children. There are also exceptional children.

We just don't make broad educational policies based on exceptions.[/quote]

and for people who have these exceptional children, or who are able to provide excellent supplementation, and whose children will return to school perhaps even ahead of where they would be otherwise, consider what your child's classroom will look like when they return. your child's classroom will be chaos, unless you're in the very top of all dc schools. you will have children who are far behind and traumatized. teachers will (rightfully) pay more attention to their needs than to your child's. the school system will be (even more) chaos for YEARS[/quote]

After a year at home I fear this is true.  Everyone will have levels of trauma when we return but kids don’t have the skills to cope with what has become a very serious and profound situation.  Is there anywhere else where early elementary kids haven’t been offered even 1 hour if in person learning this whole year?  I’m starting to feel DC is on the super extreme end, and I don’t think that people realize the effects, other than parents.  It is truly different as we come up on a year, the feeling of sinking deeper and deeper.  [i]The schools should be preparing for what’s next, not just hanging back and saying “not yet[/i]”. [/quote]

What in the bloody hell does your last sentence even mean? Those two things are not mutually exclusive. They can say "not yet" and still plan for what's next. Also, "even one hour of in person" is the single dumbest thing I've seen all day (and I've read several Lindsey Graham quotes). Using the word "even" doesn't make it any smarter. We have this thing called "COVID" and it is highly contagious so having kids get together for "even" an hour or so at a time is a risk. A risk worth considering, but not one you can just dismiss out of hand or pretend is easily addressed.

If you are so concerned about your kiddo's mental health then stop posting on DCUM, shut off your computer and go plan a standing play date for your kid. Lots of us have done that. Or find a POD. Lots of parents have done that too. But apparently you'd rather sit back and whine and complain and blame others for not solving problems that you could help mitigate.

I'm not a Dr. but I would respectfully suggest that the mental health issues in your house are not primarily your children's. Sounds like you are having some serious issues here. Please get help (seriously). It is like they say on airplanes, you need to secure your own oxygen mask before helping others. [/quote]

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