Learning Loss: Solutions for students struggling with distance learning

Friday, March 12, 2021
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Bay Area students have spent a year distance learning, which is taking some off track, but there are solutions for struggling students.

As part of ABC7's Building A Better Bay Area, we're doing a deep dive into how Bay Area kids are being left behind by the learn-from-home situation due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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We're pulling data, talking to the people who are trying to find solutions and looking deep into what can be done to make sure kids don't fall behind.

Learning Loss Stories:

  • Loss of in-person class results in mental health pandemic for Bay Area students, families

  • Bay Area school district grapples with learning loss among students of color, low-income households

  • Chronic absences spike at Oakland school as students struggle to stay motivated during distance learning

  • As pandemic drags on, North Bay student's struggle with distance learning worsens

  • Bay Area teachers discuss learning loss with distance learning amid pandemic

  • College students forgo basic needs to afford textbooks during pandemic

  • 'Different reality': Why communities of color are staying in distance learning at disproportionately high rates

  • Distance learning hurt elementary school students' reading skills, Stanford study shows

  • Falling behind while distance learning isn't just an academic issue for students, families

  • Young East Bay sisters do distance learning from mom's work office as their school remains closed

  • Many Bay Area private schools received more COVID-19 relief per student compared to public schools, data shows


  • Watch "The Learning Loss" all this week on ABC7, the ABC7 Bay Area App, and ABC7's streaming apps.

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