Online learning a poor choice to punish Baltimore County students

Across Maryland, schools are coming back in session, and it won’t be long before the excitement and goodwill of a new academic year fades as educators confront the harsh reality that effective teaching is one of the hardest jobs around. The challenges of classroom instruction are only the starting point. At the core of running a K-12 school is not just the lofty business of inspiring young minds but the often less personally fulfilling mission of getting young people to behave around each other so they can learn.