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.
Utter nonsense
I’ve been saying just postpone school until we can go back, but no they don’t want to. So what if you have to graduate a year late. Would you rather die or live, well I know the answere for gen z, but come on
Online learning lesson here? Don’t be poor.
If you cant afford internet, or a computer, you cant afford raising a child. Consider this before making more babies.
DanaCortez The entire public school system is a joke! Blaming just online learning ain't gonna change the fact that California is 1 of the worst when it comes to testing scores in the country year after year
But is there an option at this time? if one looks hard, a dark spot can be found in every initiative.
Blame yourselves, you’ve been chiefly responsible for stirring hysteria and posting letters to the editors to shame parents who advocate for their children.
Yes because so many children from affluent families are just totally flourishing right now and not even a part of this fucking lost generation. Kids can’t play with their friends, full stop. Thats your story.
I feel like Sisyphus pushing 50 boulders uphill. But they still need us.
Then they need to be evaluated as to how well they have learned. How will that take place?
This is a huge problem
Luis Chaidez, a social studies teacher at Augustus Hawkins High School in South L.A., had 120 students when schools closed. But he never had more than 15 attend an online class. He doesn’t blame them.
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