Disadvantaged Students More Likely to Be Learning Remotely, Study Finds
Research from Columbia University suggests that less effective instruction will widen the achievement gap.
Mya Janae, a fifth grader in Kent, Wash., has not returned to the classroom since the coronavirus closed her school in March. Her mother, Shereese Rhodes, has squeezed her budget to hire a tutor.Credit.Jovelle Tamayo for The New York Times
Dec. 24, 2020
WASHINGTON Disadvantaged students are much more likely than others to be engaged in remote schooling during the coronavirus pandemic, increasing the risk that less effective instruction will widen the achievement gap, according to the first comprehensive analysis of attendance patterns.