Commentary: Changes in grading and homework policies are turning education upside down
As bad as the pandemic was for student learning, if some current education fads continue, the future could be worse. By now, almost everyone has seen reports about pandemic learning loss. A study published in January by the journal Nature Human Behavior found that children around the world lost more than one-third of a school year’s worth of learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. The most ...
As bad as the pandemic was for student learning, if some current education fads continue, the future could be worse.
By now, almost everyone has seen reports about pandemic learning loss. A study published in January by the journal Nature Human Behavior found that children around the world lost more than one-third of a school year’s worth of learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. The most definitive study in the United States, the Education Recovery Scorecard, found students lost about a half of a year in math and one-quarter
