Share We Asked the Experts: What Will Be the Lasting Effect of the Pandemic on Our Children? With reports of learning losses, depression and anxiety, and lack of socialization, parents are worried their kids may suffer the consequences of the pandemic for years to come. The bad news is children have of course been affected. The good news is it doesn t mean it will be for the long run. Parents share their stories while experts weigh in. February 23, 2021
A year into the pandemic, the stress had gotten to be too much for Beth Phillips s 11-year-old son. He kept hearing about people the family knew who died from COVID-19. Not understanding the higher risks that come with pre-existing conditions, he thought that if anybody in his immediate family got COVID, they would die.
When leading assessment providers released data in November on pandemic-related learning loss, the news wasn’t as dreadful as some had predicted. But new attempts to dig deeper into the results from two states now show that many students, particularly those in the elementary grades, have made far less progress than they would have in a […]
East Baton Rouge Parish library has several resources available to encourage reading
EBR Library has reading tips, resources for students By Carmen Poe | January 26, 2021 at 5:07 AM CST - Updated January 26 at 6:24 AM
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A recent study by The Center for Research on Education Outcomes at Stanford University, âEstimates of Learning Loss in the 2019-2020 School Yearâ researches the learning loss for the 2019-2020 school year.
âThe Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University calculated the magnitude of student-level learning losses on behalf of nineteen our state education agency research partners. They are presented here at the state level to offer a comparative view of not only the size of the losses but the range of losses within each state.â
Even after COVID-19, North Texas districts expect a demand for some virtual learning options
Districts are asking state lawmakers to make changes to the way virtual learning is funded.
15-year-old Centennial High School sophomore Julene Elkhatib photographed at her home in Frisco, TX, on Jan. 6, 2021. (Jason Janik/Special Contributor)(Jason Janik / Special Contributor)
Charles Lachman, 16, opens his laptop and flips his phone to do-not-disturb when it’s time for class to start each morning.
His desk in the game room holds the essentials: A copy of “Of Mice and Men,” headphones and notebooks. Otherwise, there are limited distractions no fellow students tapping their feet, no whispers flowing around the room.
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