Remote Learning Leads To Drastic Rise in Failing Grades For Many

Millions of students were forced to engage in online learning this year and do homeschooling from their homes, regardless if they wanted to or not. For some families they might have thrived with this model, for others and for those students though it was nothing short of a complete nightmare.

That is showing up now in the grades that have come out following the lockdown earlier this year, the many months that students spent engaged in online learning.

In one school district in Virginia they saw more than a 80 percent surge in failing grades this year.

Students with disabilities had a failing grade in 2 or more classes increased more than 100 percent. The same has been seen for poor students in some regions as well, around California for example, they struggled more academically this year than others.

Failing and D grades surged, along with a decrease in attendance. This has been the case for a variety of regions that forced students to do online learning this year.

Some students can easily thrive with this homeschooling model, but for others it isn't going to be the best way that they learn. And for that reason they are going to struggle and their grades are going to reflect that. While it meant that some would severely struggle this year academically, others sought to quickly adjust and attempt to do well regardless of the situation. This year has been an experiment for millions of families and most of them have discovered that remote learning just doesn't work for them or their children.

Some schools have also taken to adjusting their grading schemes this year because of the COVID-19 situation as well. Along with the remote learning, students have had to deal with a wide range of other issues like financial struggles, depression, and anxiety, that for many drastically increased this year. The changes in education meant that some students were going to fall behind significantly this year and the threats of further lockdowns aren't helping. Students need options, they need freedom to make a choice, and it's clear that for many remote learning isn't what they want and isn't the educational model that will help them to do their best.

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