Post A28Cd6CtUI5ToNf2Q4 by Kinetix@yo.isurf.ca
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 (DIR) Post #A27EKC25booL7zlB0S by barrett@barrett.dog
       2020-12-12T05:50:27.236631Z
       
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       https://kslnewsradio.com/1938554/report-big-drop-in-literacy-test-scores-for-first-graders-in-utah/?
       
 (DIR) Post #A27IlTJZrWiEMYCdG4 by Kinetix@yo.isurf.ca
       2020-12-12T06:40:11.605532Z
       
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       @barrett Wow, those parents, they must be educators.  That article reads as infotainment, at best.
       
 (DIR) Post #A27RRa9BeJ6zLgvvVY by barrett@barrett.dog
       2020-12-12T08:17:28.046509Z
       
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       @Kinetix ya KSL is the Mormon church run new site and is always more infotainment. When they shut down schools my daughters online program was terrible and if my wife and I didn’t supplement with extra work on reading and writing she should have been way behind (she was in kindergarten). I know they were trying their best but it was mostly busywork that didn’t really have a point. I think there is going to be long term issues for a lot of kids.
       
 (DIR) Post #A28Cd6CtUI5ToNf2Q4 by Kinetix@yo.isurf.ca
       2020-12-12T17:06:11.026402Z
       
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       @barrett That's unfortunate that it's played out that way in education that's affecting you directly, and I totally understand.  I guess the silver lining around it is that at kindergarten they're at a pretty good age to be able to 'recover' or I guess, catch up and balance out over the next year or two.I believe there's unique challenges doing online (or a hybrid) at all levels, but it sounds amazing from the one mom's comments about the reading that the teacher didn't or wouldn't have the same book on her end to help correct along the way?  Seems like a basic classroom item is missing in that example and could be easily corrected.  Hopefully they sort things out soon.My sons are 11 and 14, and the decisions made in our school district (I'm in south-central BC) have been moronic as far as education goes.  They've divided up the school year in to quarters, and the kids have 2 classes per quarter - the same 2 classes each day for however-many weeks on end.  2-3 hours per day of each class.Guess what happens if your kid falls behind in a subject - like math?  Brutally difficult to catch up while you're also taking on a new unit every day or two.  It's been a little crazy.  And they put my kid in math and social studies in the first quarter, but now it's PE and sewing.  Lots of foresight there! heh