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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Personally, I don't trust many parents' assessments of how their children are "thriving" in DL.[/quote]

Why not? Doe the first time have a front row seat and can see everything they are doing and how they’re reacting to it. [/quote]

Because I don't think a lot of parents are very good at impartially assessing the academic progress of their kids, and we already know a lot of parents don't assess the emotional and mental health of their children well. [/quote]

Maybe you are right. No one ever knows what is going on inside another’s head. Or even our own heads, come to think of it. We should stop trying to communicate, it is a futile endeavor.[/quote]

One interesting point about students who are "thriving" that I've seen made in teaching forums involves concerns that less material is being covered in many places. Perhaps this isn't true everywhere, but with reduced expectations, more opportunities to make up late or missing work, less material covered each week and other aspects of virtual education, thriving under these circumstances could still lead to the majority of kids being very behind.  [/quote]

“Behind” what? Behind who? The material and the quantity of concepts taught is completely arbitrary. Yes this matters for older grades when AP tests and SATs come up, but most of the people worrying about kids being behind are the parents of elementary and middle schoolers. Just because my sixth grader is being taught fewer concepts in history doesn’t mean she isn’t thriving. [/quote]

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