NORTH CAROLINA – After Gov. Roy Cooper closed schools for the rest of the year, parents and guardians are left to step up and make sure their students are logging on for e-learning.
The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction has some idea of student participation based on power supply unit tracking.
That data suggested schools got off on a solid start with remote learning.
But March 27, local education authorities across the state stated:
- Forty-two percent of educators were seeing between 81 and 100 percent of students participating.
- Twenty-nine percent reported between 61 and 80 percent of students participating.
- Six percent had student participation at 41 to 60 percent.
- Three percent were between 21 and 40 percent of students logging on.
- Eighteen percent said they didn't know how many students were participating.
Mary McDaniel is raising her 14-year-old grandson with autism.
She says the transition has been difficult. "Everyday he was getting so angry because he tried and tried and wasn't getting anywhere with it," she stated.
The State Board of Education approved a temporary grading policy, forgoing traditional grades for elementary and middle school students.
High school students have the option to choose between a numeric grade or a pass-fail.