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House Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
House of Representatives
Session of 2019 - 2020
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | July 8, 2020 02:41 PM |
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| From: | Representative Kristine C. Howard |
| To: | All House members |
| Subject: | Co-Sponsorship: Creating a Task Force to Study the Effects of Remote Learning |
| As we all know, the COVID-19 pandemic necessitated sudden and dramatic changes to school instruction. This has led to an extended period of remote learning, which was not sufficiently planned for, and which was delivered in myriad ways to students of varying means, abilities and circumstances. Many students will again engage, at least partially, in remote learning during the coming academic year. Yet despite this, there has been exceedingly little research examining the effects of remote learning on educational outcomes and student wellbeing, including its impacts on students of differing geographic, linguistic and socioeconomic backgrounds. Therefore, I plan on introducing a Resolution creating a task force to study the effects and effectiveness of remote learning, with the ultimate goal of issuing a report detailing critical factors and barriers to successful implementation of remote learning, with special attention given to educational outcomes and social emotional, mental and physical health, and to identify best practices to better inform future research, legislation and school policies. Please join me in co-sponsoring this Resolution, and in improving remote learning for all students. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Takesha Latham in my Harrisburg office at (717) 783-4088 or at tlatham@pahouse.net. |
Introduced as HR952