Educational Learning Loss During Covid-19 Pandemic: Will It Have a Lingering Impact?
The US Education system wasn’t built to deal with extended shutdowns like those forced by the COVID-19 pandemic. Administrators, teachers, and parents have worked hard to keep the learning going on; nevertheless, these efforts are not likely to give the quality of education delivered in the classroom.
The difficulty in the context was the determined achievement disparities across income levels and between white students and students of both black and Hispanic traditions. School shutdowns could not only cause excessive learning losses for these students combining existing gaps, but also lead more of them to drop out. This might have long term effects on these children’s long-term economic sustainability and on the US economy.…