{"id":66223,"date":"2022-10-19T00:31:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T04:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/?post_type=bu-article&p=66223"},"modified":"2023-09-16T23:43:51","modified_gmt":"2023-09-17T03:43:51","slug":"a-most-unusual-school-year","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/magazine\/articles\/2022\/a-most-unusual-school-year\/","title":{"rendered":"A Most Unusual School Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\t
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In mid-March 2020, as COVID-19 began to spread exponentially throughout the country, school doors across Massachusetts suddenly closed, creating disruptions and uncertainty for both teachers and students.<\/strong> Classes moved to an online format, and no one knew for sure how long remote learning would last. Public schools were closed to in-person learning through the 2019-2020 school year and well into 2020-2021\u2014with some districts, including Boston, remaining remote until April 2021. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The true toll of COVID-19 on teachers and students may not be known for many years, but we can glean some initial insights from two BU Wheelock studies about Massachusetts school life in 2020 and 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How the Pandemic Affected Students <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI Miss the Sound of Our Bells<\/a>,\u201d based on a qualitative study conducted by researchers from BU\u2019s CERES Institute for Children and Youth\u2014including Associate Professor Yasuko Kanno<\/a>, Research Professor Jonathan Zaff<\/a>, and three students\u2014sought to capture the lived experiences of high school students as they navigated a drastically altered world during the 2020\u20132021 school year. Researchers interviewed 62 young people in Massachusetts\u2014ages 15 to 20 and mostly students of color\u2014between<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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July and September 2021. The resulting report provides frequently troubling insights into adolescents\u2019 experiences with remote learning during the darkest days of the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Honestly, I miss the sound of\u00a0 our bells, like, telling us to go to\u00a0class, even though I hated it when I was there. I would do anything to have it back again<\/div>