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MichMan

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33. Because remote learning by most accounts was ineffective at best.

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Mon Aug 30, 2021, 07:00 PM

Aug 2021

Last edited Mon Aug 30, 2021, 07:32 PM - Edit history (1)

Students at best learned 70% of the required material and the majority were promoted anyway to the next grade. Children in poorer areas and districts fell even further behind. That will likely put them behind for the rest of their lives.

STEM subjects like math and science require a progression of learning and skills from one grade to the next. How can we possible expect a student to master Algebra, if they only learned 60% of the pre requisite lower level math classes ?

While keeping students behind was mentioned here by a couple posters as a good alternative, it doesn't seem like that was done and everyone was promoted anyway because it wasn't their fault.

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Yep. NurseJackie Aug 2021 #3

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1. The illusion of normalcy no_hypocrisy Aug 2021 #6

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Up until recently, most kids never set foot in a school till kindergarten, and many till first grade Scrivener7 Aug 2021 #16

I'm not disagreeing Tink41 Aug 2021 #30

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Again, analysis suggests otherwise frazzled Aug 2021 #17

That doesn't take Delta into account. Nor does it take the risk to those who live with the children Scrivener7 Aug 2021 #19

The Delta has been here for several months frazzled Aug 2021 #24

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Of course it takes delta into account Dorian Gray Aug 2021 #42

Well... the important thing here is that you are not annoyed. Scrivener7 Aug 2021 #43

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Thank you Dorian Gray Aug 2021 #53

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I know Mrs. Toad Dorian Gray Aug 2021 #54

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the "why" is easy. Chainfire Aug 2021 #15

It would seem Mad_Machine76 Aug 2021 #18

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Yes! Mad_Machine76 Aug 2021 #22

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As will masks. And people are fighting tooth and nail against mask mandates. Scrivener7 Aug 2021 #44

My 11yo son (so no vaccine) has been directly exposed 6 out of 7 JCMach1 Aug 2021 #45

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