Maria Viego and Cooper Glynn were thriving at their elementary schools. Maria, 10, adored the special certificates she earned volunteering to read to second-graders. Cooper, 9, loved being with his friends and how his teacher incorporated the video game Minecraft into lessons.
A Los Angeles Times survey of 45 Southern California school districts found profound differences in distance learning among children attending school districts in high-poverty communities, like Maria’s in Coachella Valley, and those in more affluent ones, like Cooper’s in Las Virgenes, which serves Calabasas and nearby areas.
The Times surveyed 45 public school districts across Southern California, with a combined enrollment of more than 1.45 million students, and interviewed the leaders in all but a few. The survey included districts that serve both ends of the region’s economic divide: districts serving students from low-income families and those serving children from more affluent communities.
16 districts with the largest percentages of students who qualify for free and reduced-price lunch, on average about 90%. The vast majority of students in these districts are Latino and many also had sizable Black student enrollment. The Times survey shows that low-income-serving districts, like Lynwood Unified, were at a deep digital deficit when compared to districts serving more affluent areas. On average, about half the students in low-income-serving districts had computers available for school work when campuses closed. Among the largest districts, an average of nearly two-thirds of students had them.
ChrisMegerian Tell the teachers unions!
Not having access to stable WiFi and a computer can be a problem for students in low income homes.
billpostmus Stay closed through 2022! Why take the risk? Do it for the children!
Of course. Add in kids in from middle America who don't have parental support no matter of income, and there are a whole bunch of kids getting screwed and left behind because RW ssholes including Trump couldn't be inconvenienced to wear a mask.
Online learning is on the student,not all have the learning gene
who approved this? this is the wrong gaht damb headline. HOW THE SYSTEM IS FAILING STUDENTS IN LOW-INCOME FAMILIES DURING THIS PANDEMIC what the actual fahrvergnugen is wrong with you? cc sewellchan 💞 this is not cool. it's propagandic, even. y'all owe us way effin better.
Reports also show represent over 70 % of children who contracted Covid - & in turn pass to family member. So what’s the trade off here !!