TTC_05_13_20_Vol.16-No.29

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Fighting the Covid-19
‘Learning Slide’
Remote learning, from page 1
to participate in remote learning
opportunities. As of this Monday,
students are now “expected”
to participate in remote learning.
Initially student participation
was not recorded. Beginning this
week, student participation is
documented, and new work is
required. In April, DESE did not
require students to learn any new
skills. The focus was only on reviewing
what they had learned in
the fall and winter.
But as of this week, teachers are
expected to teach priority standards,
which are set by the state
and the school district.
For more information, visit
https://sites.google.com/tritonschools.org/trsd/remote-learning-plan.
Forget worries that remote
learning will drown parents, who
are juggling their own work and
overseeing their children’s schoolwork.
“Many families are overwhelmed,”
he said.
For teachers, remote learning is
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also a challenge. It is a total change
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Forget praised the teachers and
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was like trying to install wings on
an airplane while it was taking
off,” he said.
Forget also worries about the
equity challenges for students
and families. Some don’t have any
computers. Others may have three
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several children using them, as
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Triton started the shutdown
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