A first-of-its-kind LAUSD analysis of distance learning shows deep disparities in online learning.
More than 50,000 Black and Latino middle and high school students in Los Angeles did not regularly participate in the school system’s main platform for virtual classrooms after campuses closed in March, a reflection of the deep disparities faced by students of color amid the COVID-19 pandemic and of the difficulties ahead as L.A. Unified prepares for continued online learning.
that many families of color and low-income families at first lacked computers and internet access. L.A. Unified moved to minimize those issues by providing computers and internet hot spots.on Black and Latino families, whose members disproportionately work as essential front-line workers, frequently in low-paying jobs that have exposed family members to health risks and prevented them from overseeing their children’s schoolwork at home.
By comparison, weekly participation among the district’s 19,300 white secondary students, weekly participation peaked at 88% for middle school students and 85% for high school students. He also said he has seen schools roll out innovative and effective practices that need to become more universal. By early May, slightly more than half of his students were reporting to Zoom sessions for his honors and Advanced Placement classes. He heard from other teachers who saw worse numbers.An English teacher at a high school in Southeast L.A. County said in early May that fewer than half of more than 100 seniors in her Advanced Placement classes completed an assigned essay. The teacher asked not to be named because her principal had not authorized her to be interviewed.
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