{"id":1397744,"date":"2022-03-24T08:03:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T12:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1397744"},"modified":"2022-03-24T08:03:13","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T12:03:13","slug":"shocking-data-shows-school-closures-caused-severe-learning-loss-for-children-around-the-globe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shocking-data-shows-school-closures-caused-severe-learning-loss-for-children-around-the-globe\/","title":{"rendered":"Shocking Data Shows School Closures Caused Severe Learning Loss For Children Around The Globe"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fshocking-data-shows-school-closures-caused-severe-learning-loss-for-children-around-the-globe%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1397744&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-22-at-9.48.13-PM-1024x579-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Children have been the lowest-risk group affected by Covid-19, but have arguably suffered the most under Covid-19 policies imposed on them by hysteric adults. A recent joint\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/topic\/education\/publication\/the-state-of-the-global-education-crisis-a-path-to-recovery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">report<\/a>\u00a0by the World Bank, UNESCO (The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization), and UNICEF (the United Nations Children\u2019s Fund), presents some shocking data on how much learning loss children worldwide have suffered in the last two years due to school closures.<\/p>\n<p>In March 2020, as the virus spread worldwide, fear and uncertainty led many governments to shut down schools to \u201cslow the spread.\u201d Only a few countries, including Taiwan, Nicaragua, and Sweden, decided not to close their schools. By April, UNESCO estimated that about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencemag.org\/news\/2020\/07\/school-openings-across-globe-suggest-ways-keep-coronavirus-bay-despite-outbreaks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1.5 billion<\/a>\u00a0children worldwide had been forced to stay home due to school closure, and their regular education was disrupted. <\/p>\n<p>Some did remote learning from home, but kids from disadvantaged backgrounds often didn\u2019t get much online learning due to home instability, the low quality of online learning compared to in-person instruction, the lack of a computer, lack of a stable internet connection, lack of electricity, and lack of caregiver support.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It didn\u2019t take long for scientists to learn that children are much <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hopkinsmedicine.org\/health\/conditions-and-diseases\/coronavirus\/coronavirus-in-babies-and-children\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">less likely than adults to be harmed by Covid-19<\/a>. As school closures extended from weeks to months, many parents and educators voiced concerns that remote learning had\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2020\/08\/kindergartener-virtual-education\/615316\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">failed<\/a>\u00a0to provide kids the educational experience they needed. <\/p>\n<p>Younger children and children with disabilities were especially struggling with online learning since those classes were often thrown together in a hurry without considering their unique needs. The prolonged school closures also affected children\u2019s mental health and exasperated other social issues, including subjecting some children to physical or sexual abuse.<\/p>\n<p>By June 2020, there was sufficient data to show that school closures caused more harm than good. So about 20 countries, including Denmark, Finland, and France, reopened their schools. But many countries, including the United States, kept schools closed, despite data recommending otherwise.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to this joint\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/topic\/education\/publication\/the-state-of-the-global-education-crisis-a-path-to-recovery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">report<\/a>\u00a0by the World Bank, UNESCO, and UNICEF, full and partial school closures lasted an average of 224 days globally. We now see just how significant the learning loss is, especially for younger and more marginalized children. <\/p>\n<p>Students in S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil \u201clearned only 28 percent of what they would have in face-to-face classes, and the risk of dropout increased more than threefold.\u201d In rural Karnataka, India, \u201cthe share of grade three students in government schools able to perform simple subtraction fell from 24 percent in 2018 to only 16 percent in 2020.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even in a developed nation such as the United States,  youth face devastating learning loss. <a href=\"https:\/\/amplify.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/mCLASS_MOY-Results_February-2022-Report.pdf\">Research<\/a> by Amplify, a curriculum and assessment company, shows, \u201cIn kindergarten, the percentage of students at greatest risk for not learning to read rose from 29 percent in the middle of 2019\u201320 to 37 percent in the middle of 2021\u201322.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>School closures also widened the education achievement gaps among racial groups. The same research demonstrates that, on reading, about \u201c48 percent of Black grade 1 students are far behind, and 43 percent of Hispanic grade 1 students, compared to 27 percent of white grade 1 students.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Students in higher grades didn\u2019t fare much better. NWEA, a nonprofit testing company, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nwea.org\/research\/publication\/learning-during-covid-19-an-update-on-student-achievement-and-growth-at-the-start-of-the-2021-22-school-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>\u00a0that the median students in grades 3 to 8 were 9 to 11 percentile points behind in math, and 3 to 7 percentile points behind in reading. It\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.the74million.org\/article\/analysis-pandemic-learning-loss-could-cost-u-s-students-2-trillion-in-lifetime-earnings-what-states-schools-can-do-to-avert-this-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">estimated<\/a>\u00a0that \u201ca 9 to 11 percentile point decline in math achievement (if allowed to become permanent) would represent a $43,800 loss in expected lifetime earnings. Spread across the 50 million public school students currently enrolled in grades K to 12 would be over $2 trillion.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Besides learning loss, the joint report points out that school closures in the last two years have jeopardized children\u2019s health and safety. Close to 400 million kids worldwide missed out on school meals during closures, which were the only reliable source of food and daily nutrition for many. The extended school closures also put \u201can estimated 10 million more girls at risk of early marriage in the next decade and at increased risk of dropping out of school.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The report concludes that reopening schools should be every country\u2019s \u201chighest priority\u201d because \u201cthe cost of keeping schools closed is steep and threatens to hamper a generation of children and youth while widening pre-pandemic disparities.\u201d It recommends countries adopting learning recovery programs with mixed techniques, including extending instructional time and targeted instructions.<\/p>\n<p>Even though there is indisputable evidence about the harm children have suffered due to extended school closures, teachers\u2019 unions in the United States continue to prioritize their own interests at the expense of children. At the beginning of this year, the teachers union in Chicago\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.chalkbeat.org\/2022\/1\/4\/22867772\/chicago-schools-close-ctu-vote-teachers-union-omicron\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">voted<\/a>\u00a0to halt in-person instruction and shut down the nation\u2019s third-largest school district. <\/p>\n<p>Just this month, classes in Minneapolis public schools were canceled, and about 31,000 students were stuck at home when\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kstp.com\/kstp-news\/top-news\/minneapolis-public-schools-no-class-due-to-teacher-strike\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the teachers union went on strike<\/a>. The union demanded a salary increase and more mental health support for students but said nothing about students\u2019 learning loss.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Anthony Fauci, the chief architect of many ruinous U.S. restrictions,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/spencerbrown\/2022\/03\/18\/fauci-tells-americans-must-be-ready-for-a-little-bit-more-of-the-masking-n2604727\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recently warned<\/a>\u00a0that Americans must be ready to go back to Covid-19 lockdowns if there\u2019s a surge of \u201cStealth Omicron\u201d sub-variant. Teachers\u2019 unions use any uptick as an excuse to keep schools closed. <\/p>\n<p>American parents and other concerned citizens must stand up to the teachers\u2019 unions, the Democrat politicians the unions support, and unelected public health officials like Fauci. We must let them know that we will never go back to failed Covid-19 restrictions, and we can never again close schools as we did last two years. Children have suffered enough.\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">\n  Helen Raleigh, CFA, is an American entrepreneur, writer, and speaker. She&#8217;s a senior contributor at The Federalist. Her writings appear in other national media, including The Wall Street Journal and Fox News.  Helen is the author of several books, including &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Confucius-Never-Said-Helen-Raleigh\/dp\/1499185278\/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&#038;keywords=Helen+Raleigh+Confucius+Never+Said&#038;qid=1606079469&#038;sr=8-1\">Confucius Never Said<\/a>&#8221; and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Backlash-How-Chinas-Aggression-Backfired\/dp\/1736008501\/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&#038;qid=1606006113&#038;sr=8-1\">Backlash: How Communist China&#8217;s Aggression Has Backfired<\/a>.&#8221; Follow her on Parler and Twitter: @HRaleighspeaks.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Children have been the lowest-risk group affected by Covid-19, but have arguably suffered the most under Covid-19 policies imposed on them by hysteric adults. 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