There were some tough days for Alanna Barber’s kids in remote learning the past year.
Barber’s third-grade son, Sean, lost patience at times. She had to juggle Sean’s classes with her kindergartner’s first year in school. Barber ended up leaving her job as a school cafeteria manager in another district to stay home with her children.
So when Chicago Public Schools classrooms reopened this spring with safety protocols she felt comfortable with, Barber sent both kids back to in-person learning.
But through it all, was Barber ever concerned about this being a lost school year for her children?
Slightly fewer Chicago students enrolled in four-year colleges and universities last fall despite the pandemic s pressures but two-year institutions saw a troubling dip in both new arrivals and in students returning for their second year on campus.
A new report from the University of Chicago s Consortium on School Research shows that declines in community college enrollment and retention were steeper here than nationally and affected Black and Latino students more than their peers. The data also shows that Chicago Public Schools students enrollment in four-year institutions largely held steady and retention improved across racial groups even amid the pandemic s upheaval. Some local institutions saw enrollment gains of 30% or more increases the study attributes to decisive steps campuses took to support first-generation and low-income students amid the disruption.
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CHICAGO (WLS) Students in Chicago and many in the suburbs have been out of the classroom for months now because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
But a recent report by McKinsey and Company found that with remote learning, students on average are likely to have experienced nine months of learning loss in math.
Students of color could be up to a year behind.
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Students in the city and many in the suburbs have been out of the classroom for months now because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Elaine Allensworth, director of the University of Chicago s Consortium on School Research, joined Our Chicago Sunday to talk about this and what can be done going forward after the kids winter break.