L.A. Latino, Black Students Suffered Deep Disparities in Online Learning, Records Show
| July 17 2020
A gate in front of Los Angeles High School was locked on July 13. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)
By Paloma Esquivel, Howard Blume
More than 50,000 Black and Latino middle and high school students in Los Angeles did not regularly participate in the school system’s main platform for virtual classrooms after campuses closed in March, a reflection of the deep disparities faced by students of color amid the COVID-19 pandemic and of the difficulties ahead as L.A. Unified prepares for continued online learning.
The numbers, reflected in a first-of-its-kind report by Los Angeles Unified School District analysts examining student engagement during campus closures, paint a stark picture of students in the nation’s second largest school district struggling under the new pressures of online learning (Read more).
