When Dirigo High School, in western Maine, moved to remote learning for a few weeks last fall, sophomore Mason Ducharme started falling behind. And without athletics, he lost any motivation to keep his grades up.
“I just didn’t do anything, I just sat in my room all day,” he said. “And I didn’t do any work. I didn’t attend any classes.”
Many school districts across the country have reported big drop-offs in attendance as they’ve shifted to remote learning. Some students, like Ducharme, dropped off the map entirely.
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