Covid learning loss has been a global disaster
You know which group didn’t suffer learning loss? Homeschooled children, which indicates to me the failure is ultimately with the parents. Parents (even if they use schools) are the only party responsible for their kids. Even if you use public schools or public food or public medicine. It’s the parents responsibility to raise their children and teach them.<p>Society seriously failed the children with Covid. But not all of society. I’m way more aware of the parents who take their responsibility seriously. My wife and I moved, reconfigured our whole house, changed jobs, etc to ensure our kids got what they needed. On the one hand it was a good wake up call to a lot of parents (myself included), when I saw them mask my kids under 5 I Showed the school the studies (showing dramatic reduction in learning, IQ and ability).<p>The state still required it, I went to the state, they said “that’s the requirements to protect children and staff”. When I questioned why children need protection, they deflected and said “protect families from covid”<p>At that point I unenrolled all my kids and we have been homeschooling since. All of them are well ahead of where they would have been (using old milestones, not the updated ones).<p>Regardless of Covid, If you can homeschool I’d highly recommend it. As a parent my family has found it way more rewarding and my children learn way more. Frankly, I’m surprised people think the idea of putting “kids the same age” together will ever result in a more “normal” or better experience for kids. Kids need to learn how to behave in society, by themselves (10-20 kids to a teacher) it’s a zoo.