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It's increasingly clear that the pandemic is taking its worst educational toll on Black, Hispanic, low-income & English-learner children, & students with disabilities.
I'm threading evidence here. I'll start with a heartbreaking teacher email I received that helps explain why:
I'm threading evidence here. I'll start with a heartbreaking teacher email I received that helps explain why:
In California, seven families are suing the state over the quality of online learning, alleging that remote learning "has exacerbated inequality in schools and deprived minority students from poor families of their right to an education." https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/12/01/world/covid-19-coronavirus?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage#california-families-sue-over-remote-learning-saying-minority-students-have-been-left-behind
Yet more evidence out of Maryland today.
"For sixth-graders taking math, Hispanic students from low-income families fared worst, with last year’s failure rate of 4 percent soaring to nearly 24 percent this fall." https://twitter.com/hannah_natanson/status/1334612933486256128
"For sixth-graders taking math, Hispanic students from low-income families fared worst, with last year’s failure rate of 4 percent soaring to nearly 24 percent this fall." https://twitter.com/hannah_natanson/status/1334612933486256128
Also new: SHARP literacy drops in Arlington, Va., & steepest for Black, Hispanic, English-learner students.
* just 20% of English-learner first-graders hit literacy benchmark, compared to 46% last year
* 44% of English-learner second-graders hit the mark; 74% did last year
* just 20% of English-learner first-graders hit literacy benchmark, compared to 46% last year
* 44% of English-learner second-graders hit the mark; 74% did last year
Hits just keep coming: Md.'s largest school district revealed failing grades in Math/English up as much as 6x for Black/Hispanic students at/near poverty line. & a Va. district reported steep drops in literacy for Black, Hispanic, English-learner students. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/virginia-schools-plan-gradual-reopening-as-evidence-of-online-learning-gap-piles-up/2020/12/03/a4f5d742-35a6-11eb-8d38-6aea1adb3839_story.html
The @washingtonpost took a deep dive into natl, state- and district-level data to study the effects of online school. What we found: Everyone is slipping behind, but students of color/high-poverty kids are trailing the most - creating "a lost generation." https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/students-falling-behind/2020/12/06/88d7157a-3665-11eb-8d38-6aea1adb3839_story.html
* McKinsey study says White students lost 1-3 mos of learning. Students of color lost 3-5.
* School districts report a sharp rise in failing grades, particularly for most vulnerable kids.
* College apps down for low-income, Hispanic, first-gen students. https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/students-falling-behind/2020/12/06/88d7157a-3665-11eb-8d38-6aea1adb3839_story.html
* School districts report a sharp rise in failing grades, particularly for most vulnerable kids.
* College apps down for low-income, Hispanic, first-gen students. https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/students-falling-behind/2020/12/06/88d7157a-3665-11eb-8d38-6aea1adb3839_story.html
As online learning's toll on students of color becomes unavoidably clear, it is also necessary to explore who decides how schools reopen - whose voices are excluded vs uplifted - & how that shapes enrollment, which @AndrewAoyama does brilliantly here: https://twitter.com/hannah_natanson/status/1336079058472497152
