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> To some degree elementary school has always been a large part daycare and small part teaching. This was definitely a fashionable thing to say last decade. Bu
by Uehreka 3y ago
> To some degree elementary school has always been a large part daycare and small part teaching.
This was definitely a fashionable thing to say last decade. But in a post-Covid world where we’ve seen meaningful deficits in skills as a result of disruptions to in-person elementary school attendance, I think we should re-evaluate this prior. It seems evident that there’s a lot more going on in school than just babysitting.
- fn-mote 3y agoTHIS! Why did missing school under Covid have such bad outcomes? I don't know what happens in school (in person), but it must have been something or you wouldn't have seen such a dramatic change. To be specific: there was a big decrease in resilience in the face of difficulties (in addition to knowledge).