{"id":1952264,"date":"2023-06-20T18:20:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T22:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/teachers-union-exec-suggests-learning-loss-made-us-all-equal\/"},"modified":"2023-06-20T18:22:15","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T22:22:15","slug":"teachers-union-exec-suggests-learning-loss-made-us-all-equal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/teachers-union-exec-suggests-learning-loss-made-us-all-equal\/","title":{"rendered":"Teachers Union Exec: Learning Loss Equalizes Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/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%2Fteachers-union-exec-suggests-learning-loss-made-us-all-equal%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=1952264&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--><h2>A Teachers Union Executive Defends Remote Learning During the Pandemic<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/spring-breakdown-la-teachers-union-tries-to-hide-vacations-amid-school-reopening-fight\/\" title=\"Spring Breakdown: LA Teachers\u2019 Union Tries to Hide Vacations Amid School Reopening Fight\">teachers union executive<\/a> in Virginia defended remote <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/education\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">learning<\/a> during the pandemic by suggesting that since all students experienced learning loss, \u201caren\u2019t we all equal?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Melvin Hostman, a newly elected member of the executive board of the Richmond Education Association, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2023\/06\/19\/teachers-union-exec-defends-remote-schooling-learning-loss-equal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">made<\/a> the remarks in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/pandemic-covid-education-test-scores-schools-students\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview<\/a> with ProPublica published Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe whole thing about learning loss I found funny is that, if everyone was out of school, and everyone had learning loss, then aren\u2019t we all equal? We all have a deficit,\u201d Hostman told the interviewer.<\/p>\n<p>The interviewer then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/teachers-union-exec-suggests-learning-loss-made-us-all-equal\/\" title=\"Teachers Union Exec: Learning Loss Equalizes Us\">referenced data showing learning loss<\/a> was worse among racial minorities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course \u2014 because our society is inherently unequal,\u201d Hostman responded.<\/p>\n<p>Hostman, who has taught high school history for six years, told ProPublica he was reluctant to agree to a push for additional instructional time because of more pressing problems like a lack of toilet paper, school buses arriving late, and widespread absenteeism.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasized the needs of the teachers, saying many teachers felt like \u201cthe only time they had a work-life balance acceptable to them was during virtual school.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Remote learning gave teachers more time to run errands, walk their dog, and exercise, \u201cjust like other professionals doing remote work,\u201d ProPublica reported.<\/p>\n<h3>Richmond School Administrators Consider Extending the School Year<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Richmond school administrators are considering lengthening the school year to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-pushes-for-20b-in-infrastructure-funding-to-go-to-electric-school-buses\/\" title=\"Kamala Harris pushes for B in infrastructure funding to go to electric school buses\">address learning loss<\/a>. The teachers union is opposed to extending the school year.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>School lockdowns during the COVID pandemic caused massive learning loss across the country among K-12 students in public schools.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, eighth graders had the lowest U.S. history scores on record and among the lowest civics scores, the Department of Education revealed in May. Only about 13% of eighth graders met proficiency <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationsreportcard.gov\/highlights\/ushistory\/2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">standards<\/a> for U.S. history last year, and only about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationsreportcard.gov\/highlights\/civics\/2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a fifth<\/a> of students were proficient or better in civics.<\/p>\n<p>Math and reading scores have also suffered over the pandemic, the Education Department revealed last year. Math scores <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/math-scores-dropped-in-every-state-during-pandemic-report-card-shows-11666584062?mod=article_inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">plummeted<\/a> among fourth and eighth graders in almost every state, the Education Department reported back in October. Reading scores have also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/when-fourth-graders-cant-read-one-phoenix-school-has-a-new-way-to-fight-pandemic-learning-loss-11633818431?mod=article_inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sunk across<\/a> the country, erasing the last three decades of progress.<\/p>\n<p>Many students returned to classrooms last year reading at the same level as when the pandemic started, putting them two grade levels behind. A January study <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/01\/30\/health\/covid-learning-loss-study-wellness\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">suggested<\/a> that students lost about 35% of a normal school year\u2019s worth of learning, starting when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eighth-graders-scored-record-lows-in-u-s-history-civics-in-2022\/\" title=\"8th graders hit all-time low scores in U.S. History and Civics in 2022.\">remote learning began<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Learning loss caused by many months of remote learning during the pandemic spurred parents across the country to demand schools return to in-person learning, especially after data showed that children were low-risk for serious cases of COVID.<\/p>\n<p>Some parents even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/meet-the-moms-and-dads-taking-over-school-boards-across-the-country\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ran for school board<\/a> positions and won, hoping to stop the learning loss in their district.<\/p>\n<p>In Florida, mom and new board member Stephanie Meyer said failing grades and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eighth-graders-had-record-low-u-s-history-civics-scores-in-2022\/\" title=\"8th graders scored poorly in U.S. history and civics in 2022.\">student behavioral problems made<\/a> her unwilling to send her own children to the same schools she once attended.<\/p>\n<p>In Michigan, Tom Payne, a grandfather and new school board president, dubbed the district\u2019s academic performance before he was elected \u201cmediocre at best.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>loss is that it affects everyone,\u201d Hostman said. He argued that remote learning provided an opportunity for students to develop other skills and adapt to new technologies. However, critics argue that not all students have equal access to resources and support, leading to further educational disparities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":1952265,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[29217,5316,6382,6169,4605,4701],"class_list":["post-1952264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-equalizes","tag-exec","tag-learning","tag-loss","tag-teachers","tag-union"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1952264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1952264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1952264\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1952265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1952264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1952264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1952264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}