The usual summer learning slide is expected to be bigger because of the pandemic.
Posted: Aug 4, 2021 5:18 PM
Updated: Aug 4, 2021 6:29 PM
Posted By: Alex Torres-Perez
The summer learning slide is usual at the beginning of the school yea, but because of the pandemic school teachers are worried about a larger Covid learning gap.
"We have gone through what is the biggest disruption in education services in our country. We'd be fooling ourselves if we said there weren't any students who were negatively impacted by the last year and a half," Dr. Michael Sibley with the Alabama Department of Education said.
At this time, it's unclear how big the COVID learning gap truly is because students are just now returning to schools, but teachers already know it is something they'll have to face.