[akiddoc]

How much of that is teacher resistance?

Good point.  A friend of mine in the Bay Area said that their kids' schools were short staffed for in person (or hybrid) learning.

A lot is teacher resistance. I believe that our teacher workforce is significantly older than that in other western countries, although I am not sure.

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Article here:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/01/us/sa...ening.html

What is sad is that even as Europe is going back into lockdown, they are keeping schools open, while we are doing everything we can to avoid opening schools.  I think it is a sad commentary on our relative priorities that we are opening stores, bars, restaurants, playing NFL and (starting next week) college football games, but are unwilling to have kids go back to schools.

BC

As far as actual data on children, they site one study which was conducted at my home hospital. They are doing PHQ9's on teens who visit the ER. The sample of kids visiting the ER right now is very different than the usual set of kids who visit without a pandemic. I don't think you can actually conclude much from that study. There just aren't any real hard numbers that tell us what is going on. 2 months ago, most of the kids I saw in the clinic were pretty confused by online learning. Now almost every kid has adapted and is making some progress. Generally, kids need interactions with other children to learn to navigate the world, and some kids are going to do poorly with Zoom learning (ADHD kids and kids with other diagnosed learning differences in particular), but I suspect most kids are going to be okay if we can get everyone back in by September 2021.

[akiddoc]

How much of that is teacher resistance?

Good point.  A friend of mine in the Bay Area said that their kids' schools were short staffed for in person (or hybrid) learning.

A lot is teacher resistance. I believe that our teacher workforce is significantly older than that in other western countries, although I am not sure.

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[tweet]https://twitter.com/AlecMacGillis/status/1323368308188524546?s=20[/tweet]

Article here:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/01/us/sa...ening.html

What is sad is that even as Europe is going back into lockdown, they are keeping schools open, while we are doing everything we can to avoid opening schools.  I think it is a sad commentary on our relative priorities that we are opening stores, bars, restaurants, playing NFL and (starting next week) college football games, but are unwilling to have kids go back to schools.

BC

As far as actual data on children, they site one study which was conducted at my home hospital. They are doing PHQ9's on teens who visit the ER. The sample of kids visiting the ER right now is very different than the usual set of kids who visit without a pandemic. I don't think you can actually conclude much from that study. There just aren't any real hard numbers that tell us what is going on. 2 months ago, most of the kids I saw in the clinic were pretty confused by online learning. Now almost every kid has adapted and is making some progress. Generally, kids need interactions with other children to learn to navigate the world, and some kids are going to do poorly with Zoom learning (ADHD kids and kids with other diagnosed learning differences in particular), but I suspect most kids are going to be okay if we can get everyone back in by September 2021.