Many Students Not Taking Part in Distance Learning

As the school year ends in the United States, educators have been trying to get large numbers of students moving forward in their studies again.

The concern is that students who were behind on their schoolwork before the COVID-19 crisis will drop back even further when classes re-start in the fall.

n this Friday, June 5, 2020 photo, Titilaya Thompson and her son Nehemiah talk with Dr. Tayarisha Batchelor, right, and Community School Director for The Village for Families and Children Trisila Tirado, left, in Hartford, Conn. 

One of those educators is Tayarisha Batchelor, principal of Rowson Elementary School in Hartford, Connecticut. She recently visited students at their homes.

Jamie-Lee is a third grader at Rowson. Batchelor held her arms out as if she were giving him a big hug when she visited his home. She told him how much she had missed him since the pandemic closed the school.

The boy's eyes stayed on his smartphone as they spoke. Batchelor asked him what he was doing. Playing video games was his answer.

"I like playing games," Batchelor told the boy as his parents looked on. She then suggested he spend more time on his daily schoolwork. "I want to make sure you are still learning," she said.

Almost one-third of Batchelor's students have not taken part in the school's online learning program.

新闻来源：VOA

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