David Wright
298:54 - 299:27
“the task force recommends that school districts investigate effective methods for incorporating public correspondence programs into a broader brick-and-mortar framework, acknowledging extensive post-pandemic research indicating that for most students, in-person learning significantly outperforms online and distance learning, end quote.”
- Speaker
- David Wright
- Timestamp
- 298:54 – 299:27
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Alaska
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From the transcript
Again, I'm David Wright from Fairbanks, Alaska. I'm a retired United States Army major and father of 3 homeschooled children. I do appreciate any effort to improve education for our students, but I do want to register my objection to the task force's wording on that same part of the document Mr. Sapp referenced, page 9. It reads, And I quote, the task force recommends that school districts investigate effective methods for incorporating public correspondence programs into a broader brick-and-mortar framework, acknowledging extensive post-pandemic research indicating that for most students, in-person learning significantly outperforms online and distance learning, end quote. So my 3 kids have benefited from both public education and correspondence program education at different times.
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