Stuck In Online Schooling, U.S. Kids Are Failing More Classes Than Ever
In many places teachers refused to go back to school out of fear, which in the early stages of Covid was somewhat understandable. However, with time, we’ve learned that children are particularly Covid resistant and then the question becomes whether schools exist for the students or for the teachers and staff?
(From The Federalist)
As report cards begin to roll out for fall, public schools across the nation are reporting a massive increase in children failing classes, due to the majority going online and the chaos of rolling COVID closures. In Fairfax, Virginia, one of the nation’s largest districts, “the percentage of middle school and high school students earning F’s in at least two classes jumped by 83 percent: from 6 percent to 11 percent,” the Washington Post reported Tuesday. That’s nearly 10,000 children.
This article was originally posted here: https://www.ac2news.com/2020/11/stuck-in-online-schooling-u-s-kids-are-failing-more-classes-than-ever/.
