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Bullying , racism and being ‘ different ’: Why some families are opting for remote learning regardless of COVID-19
By Rebecca Collins-Nelsen , J . Marshall Beier and Sandeep Raha
The COVID-19 pandemic has provoked a public debate about the value of learning online for elementary school students . Much of this dialogue has been negative , with a focus on the experiences that children are missing by not being a part of in-person classrooms .
In an effort to learn more about remote education at the elementary level , we collected data from those with the most first-hand experiences — parents , students and teachers — in the form of a survey and interviews .
As we suspected , we found that the situation of online schooling is more complex than a simple “ good ” or “ bad ” — and the public dialogue is not telling the full story . We think it ’ s important to ask for whom and
when is online learning a good fit .
Parent , student , teacher surveys We are a team of multidisciplinary researchers with an interest in children ’ s rights and education who collaborate with community partners to better understand how to improve the equitable delivery of engaging educational experiences .
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