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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Data in today's BOE hints at why they shifted away from virtual summer school: A lot of kids flunked.

37% of virtual summer school students got a D or "No Grade Due to Failure"
31% of in-person summer school students got a D or "No Grade Due to Failure"

In absolute numbers, that 5,787 virtual summer school students who got a D or "No Grade Due to Failure" versus 362 in-person summer school students who got a D or "No Grade Due to Failure."[/quote]

I mean, you could look at the numbers a different way. Students signed up for over 15,000 summer courses virtually and just over 1,100 courses in person. So virtual was much much more preferable for families for a variety of reasons. Color me skeptical that the students who’ve already failed a course are going to have an easy time being convinced to attend full school day long courses in person with limited central stop transportation at a high school that probably isn’t their home school. [/quote]

I think it’s more that the most likely to fail kids preferred virtual bc they weren’t going to show up or do the work anyway.   [/quote]

And by limiting the ones that will be offered virtually, they're hoping that forcing those kids in-person will yield better results. Which they're not wrong about. It's easier to fail virtually than in-person. Doing virtual learning requires motivation, discipline and responsibility. [/quote]

Virtual or in person, you need motivated kids with parent support.  Virtual can work well with the right teacher and curriculum (same as in person) and parental expectations.

Its not going to get better results as they aren't making the necessary changes and providing the necessary supports.  And you cannot say its cheaper if they need to pay for the space and buses.[/quote]

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