Thread by @TracyNovick

#MAEdu folks, if the main thing you're pulling from yesterday (and the only thing you're directing your ire at) is the note that we'll have the MCAS in the spring, you've missed the main ongoing undermining of district efforts to keep students and staff safe during a pandemic.

Note that the Governor, in defiance of both logic and best practice, reopened major gathering spaces in so-called green or grey communities.
That is precisely what is not needed at this time.

The Secretary of Education pointedly thanked *only* those districts and school committees that worked to get students back into buildings (not any of the rest of us, apparently).

The Commissioner said that the Department's recommendation for green or grey communities is for "full time in person," something which is logistically impossible for the vast majority of districts given the need for distancing and given the lack of additional resources.

He also said that the state grants "have really allowed schools to do any of the three models" which is patently untrue.

And at least one Board of Ed member spoke of the "failure" of local leadership.

These are things about which to be angry and to call out RIGHT NOW.

This is in fact actually dangerous as well as extraordinarily poor leadership.

#MAedu

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