Pandemic learning loss is real and kids need help to catch up, education experts say
CBC
Every summer, children forget some of what they learned during the previous school year, but now experts are warning that because of school closures and other disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic, students will have a lot more lost learning to make up for.
Julia Davidson's seven-year-old son started kindergarten in Toronto during the pandemic and most of his schooling since then has been online, something he's struggled with even though she says he had a great teacher.
"I probably had the best-case scenario for online learning and I still think it was terrible," she said.
"I've got quite a bright kid, but who's highly active, and he's a hands-on learner. It was not the right mesh for him"
So Davidson hired a tutor.
She says she realizes how lucky she is to be able to do this, but she's also far from alone in getting extra help to deal with the fallout of virtual learning.
Vanessa Vakharia, the CEO and founder of the Math Guru, a math tutoring studio in Toronto, says she saw an increase in business of about 30 per cent in September compared to the same time last year.
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