Administrators say they have studied what works and what doesn’t from remote-schooling during the pandemic.
are grim, with big drops in history and civics test scores and slower than average growth in reading and math. But for some students like Tindal, the abrupt shift to at-home schooling provided unexpected benefits they're loath to give up with a forced return to the classroom. Teachers and administrators nationwide told TIME a litany of reasons students prefer virtual classes. Some of the students concentrate better with a later school start time.
Virtual schooling was largely born out of health and safety concerns. New York City first launched Virtual Innovators Academy to protect students still vulnerable to COVID-19 after public schools announced an in-person return in the fall of 2021."There were still a lot of students who are immunocompromised or their families were, and they could not return to the building, and so it really necessitated this permanent option," says Grey.
says attendance rates for some students went up 20%, compared to when they went to middle school in-person. But for all the proponents of virtual schooling, there are critics who worry about what's being lost behind the computer screen.
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