[Xmca-l] Re: "learning loss"

[Coppens, Andrew]

Hi Shirin, all –

I really appreciate this piece; it finds an immediate place in my courses this semester and condenses so many important historical and political issues.

I’d like to make explicit a connection to “summer slide,” a close cousin of “learning loss,” with very similar deficit and colonial origins. Your and Maxine’s critiques are as relevant to SS as they are to LL. The former has some helpful and recently published psychometric critiques whose implications are complimentary – summarized, here: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.educationnext.org/is-summer-learning-loss-real-how-i-lost-faith-education-research-results/__;!!Mih3wA!VQH3djGtT8ulS6h0jloYrs49v96mjKRkqMoQow4RauTKqDDyUIlFgfnmbOyI7v07eaXrVQ$ .

Looking into the issue a year or so ago, nearly all of the proposed solutions I encountered to SS (taking its validity for granted) were consistent with the basic deficit logic that the more time that children and youth of non-dominant race or class backgrounds spend with their own families and communities the worse off they are, and promoted the colonial “fix” that schooling ought to occupy more and more of these children’s days, weeks, and years.

Again, many thanks.

/ Andrew

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Date: Monday, January 18, 2021 at 12:18 PM
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Dear all,

Sharing an op-ed co-authored with Maxine McKinney de Royston that draws on cultural historical ideas to challenge the increasing narrative around "learning loss" and other deficit ideologies, and to center families of color as educational partners and leaders:

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/fixating-on-pandemic-learning-loss-undermines-the-need-to-transform-education/__;!!Mih3wA!VQH3djGtT8ulS6h0jloYrs49v96mjKRkqMoQow4RauTKqDDyUIlFgfnmbOyI7v0zIi1KKw$ <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https*3A*2F*2Furldefense.com*2Fv3*2F__https*3A*2F*2Ftruthout.org*2Farticles*2Ffixating-on-pandemic-learning-loss-undermines-the-need-to-transform-education*2F__*3B!!Mih3wA!V_zce6_iKqDaSj7UBvVR2qFpfRrDGZ4J1l2cSf8ts02DFRY9qwcdVYG42K3tfecDn5vPGQ*24&data=04*7C01*7Candrew.coppens*40unh.edu*7C09fd52b4e9a94809968408d8bbd51305*7Cd6241893512d46dc8d2bbe47e25f5666*7C0*7C0*7C637465871106662532*7CUnknown*7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0*3D*7C2000&sdata=1WzVtGweUA6AC73qtH*2BoROSauZo2ydRzD0lNRv7aYEE*3D&reserved=0__;JSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUl!!Mih3wA!VQH3djGtT8ulS6h0jloYrs49v96mjKRkqMoQow4RauTKqDDyUIlFgfnmbOyI7v1TtkyyMg$ >

~Shirin


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