As hybrid instruction continues across the state, distance learning continues.
As Oregon schools open their doors, students are heading back to school in droves for hybrid instruction with some time spent at school, in-person, and the rest of the time continuing to learn at home.
But thousands of Oregon students are staying home and continuing to learn online, in comprehensive distance learning.
How many exactly, is hard to say.
The Oregon Department of Education does not keep track of how many students are in distance learning. As of last week, more than 400,000 students were in-person at least some of the time, leaving at least 160,000 students in distance learning, assuming the rest of the state’s schoolchildren are still enrolled in Oregon public schools receiving instruction from home.