So, how will districts make up for the loss of in-person learning?
The grim reality is that in order to make up for the year they lost, it will take money, lots of it, and time, an estimated three to five years. San Francisco has a plan.
When COVID-19 forced schools to close last March, school districts still provided all the services offered in a normal school year, add to that thousands of chrome books and technical support beyond anyone s predictions.
Now one year later, the road to academic recovery will far exceed what districts will have already spent.
Earlier this year the nonprofit Education Resource Strategies analyzed the cost of COVID.