This story should be the most read as the USA is in the middle of a national emergency: public schools closed & so it impacts the disadvantaged the most.
Parents that can have pulled their kids to private school. Imagine ur child in front of zoom all day long. Horrible.
Parents that can have pulled their kids to private school. Imagine ur child in front of zoom all day long. Horrible.
https://twitter.com/sfchronicle/status/1318584246617968643
"9-year-old Lucas grew increasingly angry, frustrated and despondent sitting in front of a computer for his classwork, his outbursts frequent and gut-wrenching. They pulled Lucas from his shuttered San Francisco public school & placed him in a reopened private school."
“Our educational system is off in a corner somewhere staring at its navel, completely disconnected from the community,” said Thompson, adding that he’s a lifelong public school proponent. “This is like a crashing airplane and the pilot is not saying anything."
District has spent hours of recent public meetings on issues unrelated to reopening — including a new student assignment plan, a Black studies curriculum & a lottery admission for Lowell High School, &the fallout from a district committee recommendation to rename 44 school sites.
They are working on "equity" by thinking about "black studies" & renaming schools but NOT OPENING THE SCHOOLS.
Even Mayor Breed is frustrated: "“I believe in equity. But the fact that our kids aren’t in school is what’s driving inequity in our city. Not the name of a school.”
Even Mayor Breed is frustrated: "“I believe in equity. But the fact that our kids aren’t in school is what’s driving inequity in our city. Not the name of a school.”
New York schools, which have been open for three weeks, have not seen outbreaks either, with 28 positive test results out of more than 16,000 students and teachers tested randomly.
So far, few evidence of schools & outbreaks. And yet, here we are punishing our kids w/ zoom calls
So far, few evidence of schools & outbreaks. And yet, here we are punishing our kids w/ zoom calls
Professor of public health at Harvard (pediatricians of the USA also agree):
The cost of keeping students home, which includes abuse, neglect, violence and hunger as well as lost learning and the kids who are “virtual dropouts,” meaning they’ve just stopped logging into class.
The cost of keeping students home, which includes abuse, neglect, violence and hunger as well as lost learning and the kids who are “virtual dropouts,” meaning they’ve just stopped logging into class.
Why has society declared parts of our society essential, he said, but not schools?
“Kids out of school is a national emergency, and it’s not being treated as such,” he said. “We already had data that schools are not places of high transmission.”
“Kids out of school is a national emergency, and it’s not being treated as such,” he said. “We already had data that schools are not places of high transmission.”
SF School District, instead of working on REOPENING SCHOOLS, focuses on RENAMING THE SCHOOLS.
Even for super left SF, this is too much. The mayor calls it offensive what they are doing (she's black) & a disservice & a diversion & unhelpful for the kids.
sfchronicle.com/opinion/editor…
Even for super left SF, this is too much. The mayor calls it offensive what they are doing (she's black) & a disservice & a diversion & unhelpful for the kids.
sfchronicle.com/opinion/editor…
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