Commentary
When I was in 5th grade, I woke one morning to the news that my school burned down. But as a kid, I thought it was a dream come true. No more walking one and a half miles from home to school carrying books (would parents even allow that now?) and no more sitting at desks learning math and science all day.
Two days later, however, we were back but this time our classrooms were trailers fitted with desks, dingy and awful. We were stuck there for the rest of the year and outside was nothing but ruins. It turned out to be an awful trauma for all of us. The disruption alone caused learning losses….