EARLY SPRING UPDATE 2022 HOME SCHOOLING, ALTERNATVE EDUCATION, EQUITY, AND NOW THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAYS HOMESCHOOLING SURGE CONTINUES DESPITE REOPENING

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EARLY SPRING 2022 UPDATE, BY SPECIAL REQUEST, HOME SCHOOLING, ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION, EQUITY ETC. -- As this is being explored more and more locally, there will be periodic updates here at the blog:

---4/14 HOMESCHOOLING SURGE CONTINUES DESPITE SCHOOLS RE-OPENING, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS--BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic ushered in what may be the most rapid rise in homeschooling the U.S. has ever seen. Two years later, even after schools reopened and vaccines became widely available, many parents have chosen to continue directing their children’s educations themselves. Homeschooling numbers this year dipped from last year’s all-time high, but are still significantly above pre-pandemic levels, according to data obtained and analyzed by The Associated Press. READ MUCH MORE FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HERE.

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---EXAM RESULTS ARE IN: HORRIFIC READING LOSSES MEAN WEINGARTEN GO--NY POST

"I believe kids are resilient and kids will recover,” said American Federation of Teachers boss Randi Weingarten in February 2021 when asked about education loss from school closures nationwide.  Now the numbers are in. And they confirm what she denied but every parent knew: Closed schools hurt our kids. Because of the senseless policies Weingarten championed, our youngest students are missing crucial reading benchmarks. One study shows about 35% of students K-2 missing reading benchmarks, vs. 21% in 2019. Another shows less than half of students in kindergarten (47%) and 1st grade (48%) in the 2021-22 school year are “on track” to learn to read. That’s down from 55% and 58% in 2019. Does that look like “resilience”?  The racial stats are grimmer: MORE AT https://nypost.com/2022/03/09/exam-results-in-horrific-reading-losses-mean-weingarten-must-go/

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FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLING, HOME SCHOOLING, ETC. A FEBRUARY 2022 UPDATE IS AT https://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2022/02/february-2022-update-by-special-request.html