When I started getting involved in local schools several years ago, I quickly learned that there was a huge gulf between the real folks that run schools and the eggheads/chattering class/journalism/think tank/academic circles who write about schools.
School administrators and school board members often make major decisions with almost no knowledge of the latest research. So, they remained blissfully ignorant about the mounting evidence about the problems with remote education for way, way, way too long. They are now being forced to deal with alarmingly poor reading and math rates, when the researchers have been trying to call attention to these issues for years.
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