Lockdown, distance learning likely to increase social class achievement gap
This is something I did a complete 180 about.<p>I used to think closing schools wouldn't hurt anybody and that performance would at worst remain stationary. My reasoning was that so much time is wasted at school that it doesn't really make a difference where the learning happens, but I <i>severely</i> underestimated effects I thought were second-order like the familiarity with technology, the digital divide, or even just having access to a quiet, private space where one can focus.<p>The data really speaks for itself, it's been a disaster.