<story><title>Students Left Behind by Remote Learning</title><url>https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/10/05/the-students-left-behind-by-remote-learning</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>_skel</author><text>School isn&amp;#x27;t just about education. It&amp;#x27;s also a social service.&lt;p&gt;School gets children out of the home, in some cases dangerous homes. It provides supervision for children whose parents would not be capable or willing of doing so -- rich kids get nannies, poor kids get left alone all day. It provides opportunities for socialization and puts kids in contact with adults who can serve as role models and alert authorities in cases of abuse.&lt;p&gt;The loss of these important social services matters a lot more than letting kids slip behind in math class by a year.</text></comment>
<story><title>Students Left Behind by Remote Learning</title><url>https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/10/05/the-students-left-behind-by-remote-learning</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>nineplay</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ve really re-evaluated my views of public vs. private schools during this crisis.  I like a lot about our local public schools, but the district is strapped for cash and we are wondering if our kids will be back this school year.&lt;p&gt;Meanwhile I&amp;#x27;m browsing private schools websites and starting to notice all the opportunities my kids are missing.  Private schools can offer so much more and I&amp;#x27;m not sure why we never seriously looked into them.   They cost, sure, but we could put the money together if we wanted to.&lt;p&gt;There&amp;#x27;s been a steady outflow of parents from public to private around here and I don&amp;#x27;t think those kids are coming back.  I don&amp;#x27;t know where this ends, but I don&amp;#x27;t think it ends well for public schools.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s a pity.</text></comment>