{"id":559643,"date":"2020-08-10T17:01:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-10T21:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.the74million.org\/?post_type=article&p=559643"},"modified":"2020-08-11T01:59:57","modified_gmt":"2020-08-11T05:59:57","slug":"a-tutors-view-4-things-i-learned-about-my-students-their-families-and-myself-during-covid-19-online-learning","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.the74million.org\/article\/a-tutors-view-4-things-i-learned-about-my-students-their-families-and-myself-during-covid-19-online-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"A Tutor’s View: 4 Things I Learned About My Students, Their Families and Myself During COVID-19 Online Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"

W<\/span>hen the 2019-20 school year began, no one could have imagined that schools would sit dark and empty for one-third of the instructional year. COVID-19 left unprecedented disruption in its wake, laying bare inequities that existed long before living rooms turned into classrooms. Because Black and Latino communities have been hardest hit, we\u2019re certain to see those opportunity gaps widen when the new school year begins.<\/p>\n

For example, we know many students will return with significant learning losses<\/a> \u2014 essentially a four-month extension of the typical summer slide. And once again, it will impact Black and brown students disproportionately. Households are unequally equipped with the digital tools, economic resources and social-emotional skills children need to succeed during the learn-from-home era. That\u2019s especially true for economically disadvantaged populations.<\/p>\n