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Because of Covid, today's kids are missing out on not just school, but life lessons, human interaction and the forging of relationships. And their needs need to be prioritized.
Casady1
(2,133 posts)How did the country react to that?
Shermann
(7,360 posts)Some kids have done quite well with it. Students are essentially in competition with one another when it comes to their education. Those who do the best will go on to the best colleges and universities and, ultimately, the best careers. Covid and remote learning changed the rules. But we don't hear a lot about those kids who have thrived and have moved up the ranks since 2021. All we hear about are those moving down.
curious what the numbers for homeschooling look like.
i know a couple of the families on my block rly embraced it in 2020, but know at least 1 was ready to send her special needs kid back last year.
i think a lot could be learned by looking at the kids who are thriving.
Shermann
(7,360 posts)I think some parents have been lulled into a sense that all kids have been affected negatively in the same way. That is not the case. Homeschooling isn't anything new and works quite well in some cases, perhaps even most cases. There are no guarantees in life, however.
mopinko
(69,809 posts)when it works, it's great.
Shermann
(7,360 posts)Some schools around here use Microsoft Teams.
Back when I was a kid, it was common for a household to have a printed encyclopedia set. I'm probably dating myself. I was obsessed with mine, I would start with a topic of interest and randomly read other nearby subjects. Eventually I think I read the whole set. If you do that, you are already more educated than most of the other students (and adults?).
Wikipedia is great, but something was lost in the migration there.
mopinko
(69,809 posts)couldnt even get a set of books from the state. there's a lot of resources for these kids.
if we were smart, we'd start thinking about hybrids. figure out what kids do better online, in what subjects, and give them more options.
and yeah, didnt have encyclopedias at home, but my fave babysitting jobs did.
my kids inherited that. autodidacts. homeschool worked, cuz i just hand to feed their curiosity, take them to the library, on field trips, and they just sucked it all up.
the classroom setting doesnt leave much room for that.
Mike Nelson
(9,903 posts)... he's still on! ...always rubbed me the wrong way.
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tblue37
(64,982 posts)The Jungle 1
(4,552 posts)He is a republican but he is no rush limpballs.
I will LISTEN to anyone who tries to unite us.
yorkster
(1,421 posts)if any such questions/worries have been expressed about homeschooling? I realize there are significant differences - for one thing remote learning because of covid affects children who have attended school in the past. Also. I realize there are many cases where homeschooling works out well. But, the idea of years of school with no other children and parents as teachers holds little appeal.
I hope that remote learning remains an emergency fallback and that schools can safely reopen wherever possible and soon. That said, there are times when it's required and the necessary infrastructure, broadband etc., should be there to support it.
mopinko
(69,809 posts)i've heard that exact same rant a million times.
mopinko
(69,809 posts)This is all to say that the National Parents Union seems to have been constructed rather specifically to oppose the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association, millions-strong member organizations that have historically opposed charters, citing the fact that they serve a small group of students and dont meaningfully address larger inequities in the public school system. This seems to also explain why an organization built to represent parents is cosplaying as a union. The National Parents Union wont collect any worker-paid dues o or engage in collective bargaining. It will not, in short, be or behave like a union in any way.
https://www.fatherly.com/love-money/what-is-the-national-parents-union-school-choice-advocacy/
Tomconroy
(7,611 posts)Things, no?
mopinko
(69,809 posts)but the rants are the same.