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Female, Black, Latinx and LGBTQ students report more obstacles

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Distractions at home, along with depression, stress and anxiety, were the biggest obstacles to virtual learning that students reported in the .

Some 70% percent of students said they had faced virtual learning obstacles, with 64% reporting distractions at home and half saying they felt depressed, stressed or anxious.

Black and Latinx students reported facing more obstacles than did their white and Asian classmates.

And a聽greater proportion of female students and students who identify in a different way reported depression, stress and anxiety compared to male students, the survey found.


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No adults at home to help with schoolwork, health, lack of support from teachers and not feeling safe were among the other obstacles students described.

Finally, motivation declined steadily as students got older. While approximately half of fifth- and sixth-graders said they were self-motivated, that number dropped to just over a 25% of 11th- and 12th-graders.

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Matt Zalaznick
Matt Zalaznick
Matt Zalaznick is the managing editor of District 91看片istration and a life-long journalist. Prior to writing for District 91看片istration he worked in daily news all over the country, from the NYC suburbs to the Rocky Mountains, Silicon Valley and the U.S. Virgin Islands. He's also in a band.

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