The impact of remote learning and learning interruptions during the ongoing pandemic
Remote learning has impacted learning and the motivation to learn (i.e. mental health) significantly. Schools in the United States that remained closed and operated remotely for more than half of the 2020-2021 year lost the equivalent of 13 weeks of instruction in low-poverty areas to 22 weeks of instruction in high-poverty areas, according to research on 2.1 million American students by the research team led by Thomas Kane, the research director of the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University. I see this first hand as I work with students that were out of in-person learning for over 12 months.
STEM Astoria Academy Uses the High-Dosage Tutoring Model
A tailored after-school program with the “high-dose” tutoring approach the STEM Astoria Academy employs (small groups of children, trained educators working after-school with children several hours a week), has the ability to add nineteen (19) weeks of learning when done consistently over the school-year. Summer school and other out-of-school enrichment programs can contribute five (5) additional weeks of instructional learning.
Source: Atlantic article, May 2022
