Students Will Face Post-Pandemic Setbacks, UC Irvine Professor Says

The empty hallways of El Segundo High School await students' return to campus amid coronavirus lockdowns in El Segundo, Calif., on July 29, 2020. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

The lasting impacts of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic could be detrimental to some students, says a University of California–Irvine (UCI) professor.

Mark Warschauer, UCI professor of education and informatics, said the consequences of shifting to a virtual environment for K–12 students—which all Orange County public districts have done at some point since the lockdowns began March 2020—are wide-ranging.