Biden recently passed the greatest one-time federal investment – $130 billion dollars for K-12 schools over a three-and-a-half year period. The most significant of the cost, is to help students who have lost many months of in-person learning. A Mckinsey & Company study shows children may lose up to 12 months of learning.
The recent increase of violence against Asian Americans prompted NBA basketball player Jeremy Lin to speak up. “We are tired of being told that we don’t experience racism, we are tired of being told to keep our heads down…We are tired of being invisible, I want better for the next generation of Asian American athletes than to have to work so hard to just be “deceptively athletic.”” My two high school children were both struck by his statement and shared it with me. Both of them are college-bound athletes.
I have two high school kids and every time I see them on their phones during a virtual class I say – “Pay attention!” Both of them look at me and say, “But I am!” According to the Pew Research center, children as young as babies start to engage with digital devices and that engagement increases as they get older.
