Waldo Jaquith on Nostr: I appreciate this survey of the state and reasons behind high national rates of ...

I appreciate this survey of the state and reasons behind high national rates of chronic absenteeism among students, but I think it misses an important bit that, afaik, all coverage of this topic has missed: that we moved schooling online in 2020 and *it’s still online*.

You know the thing with “return to office” where there’s no point because your laptop intermediates all your work so there’s not actually any benefit to being in the office? That, but for school. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/03/29/us/chronic-absences.html?unlocked_article_code=1.gU0.vIPn.kbBkJRWitXH3&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&ugrp=u&sgrp=c-cb