Worcester is leaving low-income students behind
In this op-ed article, Jennifer Davis Carey, Joshua Croke, and members of the Worcester Education Equity Roundtable (WEER) discuss the use of technology in public education.
“The stakes are high for our students and for our city. According to research by McKinsey & Company, the average student could fall as many as seven months behind academically as a result of remote learning transitions. The study anticipates a loss of 12 to 14 months of learning by students who had no instruction, with low-income students falling behind by more than a year, black students by 10.3 months, and Latinx students by 9.2 months. McKinsey estimates that this will exacerbate existing achievement gaps by 15 to 20 percent. Since Worcester, like its sister Gateway Cities, trails its suburban peers in education achievement, this is not an outcome we can afford.”
