Just the News reports in one Virginia School District, there has been a 300% increase in failing grades in middle school. Females are up 600%. Disabled and Hispanic children saw jumps of 400%.
From the report:
Those troubling numbers are drawn from a report from the school district’s Office of Research and Strategic Improvement, which the district commissioned after learning that students were struggling with the school’s online-only educational structure, which has been in place since April.
Middle and high school students with failing grades in two or more classes throughout Fairfax County Public Schools were up 83% in the first quarter of the 2020-21 school year compared to the same quarter last year, with the share of F-marks jumping from 6% of all grades to 11%, nearly doubling.
Among younger students, the increases were significantly higher. Overall, middle school students saw a 300% increase in Fs; female middle schoolers saw a jump of 600%. Disabled students and Hispanic students both saw jumps of 400%.
The overall 83% spike in Fs was also more pronounced among individual demographics district-wide: Hispanic students saw a 92% jump in flunking grades, while English learner students saw a 106% increase. Students with disabilities, as identified by the report, saw their failing grades go up overall by 111%.
This is child abuse, and there is no reason for it. Children aren’t at grave risk of getting the virus or spreading it. They get it at about a .16 rate.
Where’s the science behind this school lockdown? There isn’t any. It’s a disgrace. It’s seriously harming many children.
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Approaching the typical numbers for urban school districts where white democratIC party politicians force urban children to attend failed schools, permanently impairing them.
I think so.
we live in mclean in fairfax va. wife teaches 5 days a week in a private school – has not missed a beat. our kids attend different private/parochial schools in nova and all are open. this is unfortunately teacher unions and left wing county and city govts creating a crisis and hurting many middle and low income people. even though we are “out of the system” i have worked for years to build and fund public and privately managed charter schools in NYC, NOLA, and DC and support school choice across the country by voucher. a failed education system (due to teacher unions) is the primary culprit in multiple generations of poverty for much of urban america.
Ignorance in the future isn’t going to be knowing how to read or write, it’s going to be knowing how to learn, unlearn and relearn again. -someone said that and I can’t remember who off-hand.
Mommygov dependents don’t need no edumacations. Ralphie will take care of everyone on his plantation.
Enjoy your gruel and tree bark. Comrade Bezos will supply a self driving Zil or Trabant so you don’t have to read road signs.
At last everything is done for you. The hermetically sealed bubble will arrive soon so you don’t get the Beer Flu. Forward!