WASHINGTON — Introducing President Biden on Friday morning, Brookland Middle School eighth grader Elijah Poole admitted that he had struggled with remote learning throughout the 2020-21 school year.
“I’m not gonna lie, that was really hard,” said Poole, though he added that he persevered and managed to stay on the honor roll. Some other students fared worse. Studies have shown that remote learning during the coronavirus pandemic has led to educational loss and psychological harm for many children confined to “Zoom school.”
Schools across the District of Columbia were closed for the vast majority of the last school year. The same was true for schools in San Francisco, Chicago, Los Angeles