As Ontario's teachers gear up for another pandemic-altered school year, many are concerned about presiding over classrooms where students are learning in-person and online at the same time. But some teachers whose boards switched to hybrid classrooms in the middle of the last school year say the model has drawbacks. That board implemented hybrid classrooms in November 2020, after spending the first two months of the academic year with separate classes for students learning online and those attending in person. The province's largest school board — the Toronto District School Board — has yet to announce whether it will use hybrid classrooms in September, after shifting to the model in some schools partway through last year. Pressure 'too much' for manyLeslie Fradkin, a high school science teacher in Toronto, taught hybrid classrooms between February and April.

Source: CBC News August 16, 2021 16:52 UTC