Aug 31, 2017, 3:12 PM
(from The Atlantic) As Houston-area schools struggle to assess the damage of Hurricane Harvey, let alone plan for reopening, administrators face another unusual challenge: managing the emotional impact that extreme events often have on children. Tropical storm Harvey has put students in its path at increased risk for symptoms of anxiety and depression. School closures also threaten to exacerbate “summer slide” — students’ tendency to lose some academic gains from the previous school year — and to reduce the amount of time children can dedicate to learning during the new school year. One way to think about the disaster’s academic consequences is to consider its prospective toll on the amount of instructional time affected students will get during the 2017-18 school year — effectively a week’s worth of absences, assuming schools and districts don’t find a way to compensate for the missed time.
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