If the coronavirus forces schools to shut down for long stretches of time, millions of students will struggle to keep up because they don’t have broadband to do schoolwork at home
Plenty of schools in Florida likely will be able to cleanly shift to online learning, but there are pockets where the transition will be a struggle, said Vanessa Dennen, a professor of Instructional Systems and Learning Technologies at Florida State University’s College of Education. Coronavirus has the potential to set students back months and also could disrupt the state testing cycle, which is tied to critical grades awarded yearly to schools in the Sunshine State, she said.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom and State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond held a meeting with the state's county superintendents in Sacramento on Monday, where access to broadband for disadvantaged students and those living in rural communities was a top concern, said Garbolino-Mojica.
“Online courses don’t even exist to cover the breadth of our course catalog,” Espinoza said. “In order to allow students to jump in mid-course, they would need to align to our curricula, and teachers would need to be trained in their use. Any new duties for teachers would be subject to bargaining.” Low-income families often use local libraries for internet service, she said, but that won’t help if people are asked to reduce contact with others.
“State and local education authorities know their students the best, and we trust them to make decisions about if, and how, distance learning will take place,” she said in a statement to POLITICO.
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