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Jen Jennings

28 Jan, 8 tweets, 3 min read

Mrs. Kopp, FL: "The face masks will be used as a backup for students who come to school without face masks or whose face masks get lost or damaged, which happens quite often." 2/ donorschoose.org/project/safety…

Mrs. Minor, MS: "Sometimes face masks get wet or dirty during the day and need to be replaced...When face masks are clean and fit properly, students are more comfortable and able to focus and learn." 3/

donorschoose.org/project/help-u…

Mrs. Fields, MI: "These air purifiers will help keep the air clear, especially during those times when masks cannot be worn. [eating] Please help keep the air clean for my Pre-k students, so they can breathe again!" 4/

donorschoose.org/project/breath…

Mrs. Gray, TX: "Please help donate to keep my classroom safe with the use of masks that properly fit the children's face and masks for me that have a filter pocket so that we can all be safe from this COVID virus." 5/ donorschoose.org/project/mask-u…

Ms. Mitchell, AZ: "When they come to pick-up supplies, many of them have a disposable mask that has been worn many times." 6/

donorschoose.org/project/mask-u…

Mrs. Locklear, GA: "My scholars and I will use these resources to help clean and sanitize our hands frequently." 7/
donorschoose.org/project/ppe-sa…

So, "let's just open the schools already." We're super prepared to keep kids & teachers safe. /end

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Educators: Here are some useful mental health resources from @CrisisTextLine, where I volunteer as a crisis text counselor. 1/

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@CrisisTextLine is available 24/7; for kids (& everyone), it's a way to get help in situations they experience as crisis. Crisis can range from anything from an argument with a parent or friend to suicidal ideation. 2/

Schools can partner directly with Crisis Text Line as well; here is a school COVID toolkit.

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28 Jan

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For NYC Teachers, who are begging for PPE on the internet. We can build a better city. Living NYC values = taking care of front-line workers. @NYGovCuomo @NYCMayor @MarkLevineNYC @NYCSchools @UFT @ChalkbeatNY @elizashapiro @katetaylornyt @KalaRamaTV 1/

Ms. Feeley, Flushing: "My students need some basic PPE that can be used to keep the students safe while they are in school, and we can focus on learning, instead of worrying about safety." 2/

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Mrs. Snyder, Jamaica: "It is important to teach our young students how to be safe. Pre-Kindergarten students tend to touch everything in sight. These supplies will help them stay healthy, safe, and COVID free." 3/

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Jen Jennings

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27 Jan

NYCDOE staff Covid data: Soundcheck on examples of individual schools with cumulative % staff Covid👇.
Examples drawn from schools with 200%+ increase in staff cases btw 1/11-1/25; 44 of the 54 are elementaries.

Thx in advance for any insights. 1/

@SarahCohodes

Important: Both on & off site staff cases are being reported as onsite, as HS have >0 new staff cases reported in Jan. No offsite student or staff cases (total for year=0). Implication is I'll use total staff as denominator, not onsite staff. @SarahCohodes, thoughts?
2/

PS 8 Shirlee Solomon: Cumulative 12% staff infected
- btw 1/11-25, increase from 3 -> 9 staff
- total staff=75 (onsite=73; offsite=2)

PS 23 Carter Woodson: Cumulative 9.7% infected
- btw 1/11-25, increase from 1 -> 6 staff
- total staff=62 (onsite=58; offsite=4)

3/

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Jen Jennings

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26 Jan

On the sound & fury of the school reopening debate: A thread in which I argue we are asking the wrong questions, and lay out the questions I wish we were asking. 1/

All parties deserve some empathy after this monstrous year. Parents are exhausted by uncertainty & the stops & starts of closing/re-opening. Women are carrying an impossible load, with long-term impacts for their careers & well-being. 2/

Kids are separated from teachers, peers, & services they need. Many have lost family members, or seen the toll Covid takes on those who do survive. And remote learning works better for kids who already have more resources (devices, connectivity, space). 3/

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Jen Jennings

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25 Jan

Why are positivity rates in/outside of NYC schools so different? My conclusion: though multi-causal, main driver is that in-school tests are less sensitive, which produces divergence in + rates over & above differences in pop sampled. We are missing a lot of + cases. 1/

Let’s start with an example we know all too well: standardized reading and math tests. Decisions about what counts as “proficient” are arbitrary, and can lead to widespread confusion when tests use wildly different thresholds for passing. (Think NAEP/state; pre- and post-CC.) 2/

We face a similar challenge in interpreting Covid test results. Currently administered tests vary dramatically in their ability to identify positive cases. The tests used in NYC schools miss more cases because both the type & quality of tests differ. 3/

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