The following will be well worth EVERY parent and Grandparent’s time to review and READ. Once again – the children will – and DO suffer. ~ Ed.

Remote education is rife with threats to student privacy
An online “proctor” who can survey a student’s home and manipulate the mouse on their computer as the student takes an exam. A remote-learning platform that takes face scans and voiceprints of students. Virtual classrooms where strangers can pop up out of the blue and see who’s in class.

These three unnerving scenarios are not hypothetical. Rather, they stand as stark, real-life examples of how remote learning during the pandemic – both at the K-12 and college level – has become riddled with threats to students’ privacy … (Continue to full article)

Is Remote Learning Causing A Mental Health Crisis Among Teens And Children?
Depression, anxiety, weight gain and even loss of toilet training are on the rise in kids as the pandemic drags on.

At the beginning of the school year, Paige Gagerman was highly motivated. The Deerfield High School junior got dressed each day and set herself up for a day of school at her desk, or the kitchen. But now in second semester, Paige sits in bed with her sweatshirt hood over her head. Remote learning has worn her down … (Continue to full article)

Suffer the Little Children…

The Kids Aren’t All Right…
One year ago, Lena Carson was pulling straight A’s at the city’s Creative and Performing Arts Magnet school, located across the river from her parents’ home. She also swam at the local YMCA every day in preparation for the annual state competition and enjoyed the everyday social life of a teenager.

A bright student who skipped a grade, her straight A’s have dipped to D’s, and Lena says she struggles to complete assignments, not because she can’t but because of the lost will. “I have nothing to look forward to … (Continue to full article)

What’s at Stake in the Fight Over Reopening Schools
As tens of thousands of Americans continue to die of covid-19, a new debate has emerged over whether public-school students, their teachers, and all of the staff necessary to make schools function should return to school buildings. In the United States, forty-two per cent of students are exclusively attending “virtual” school, thirty-five per cent are attending in-person school, and twenty-two per cent have a combination of in-person and remote learning.

But, as schools began to open in early January, the numbers of students who actually showed up were even smaller … (Continue to full article)