Students who succeeded in continued, high-level learning during school closures most likely possessed a set of skills not typically taught in school:
These are the skills of Academic Resilience!
Students who can overcome small challenges (a difficult assignment, a short-term illness, lack of the necessary resources for the assignment, etc.) possess Academic Buoyancy. At a higher level, students who can also overcome larger, chronic obstacles such as learning disabilities, the trauma of poverty, oppression, etc. to succeed academically possess Academic Resilience.
Shouldn't all school programs build Academic Resilience in our students?