Ben Henry Created: January 24, 2021 12:53 PM Perhaps the impacts of distance learning are not as bad as once thought. To be clear, the numbers are not good. A report before many students began their winter break — during which they would spend most of their time in the same place they’ve been going to class, their home — highlighted an increase in failing grades. It shows across the nation the number of students with at least one failing grade has increased as much as 40%. KSTP To get a better understanding of what those numbers, or failing grades, mean and what the impacts could be, KSTP went to the source: a local high school teacher who has been teaching from a distance for the majority of the pandemic.