Thread by @JennyTrites

The "learning loss" discourse is going to hit NS soon. Don't listen.

Remember: children's brains are wired to learn: curious, whimsical, and chaotic.

#nsed

Yes, our curriculum has outcomes that are developmentally appropriate for neurotypical children.

But also, if they learn what a rhombus is a year later than normal, that's ok. Most of our curriculum is cyclical-we revisit and reexamine topics constantly. We'll catch them up

Unless we're looking at very specific courses preparing kiddos for university, it's not a disaster that kids might not meet the arbitrary benchmarks we set for typical years.

These are extraordinary times.

Read, colour, paint, feed the ducks, watch the clouds, sing, draw, dance, go for walks, poke in the dirt, watch Netflix, build a Rube Goldberg machine with dominos and marbles...

Do what you need to do to keep you and your kids somewhere close to fine.

Learning loss is only a thing if we make it one. Most people discussing it are either selling tutoring/workbooks/website access or working towards a goal of privatizing public ed.

There are very valid concerns that neurodivergent + disabled students may not be well served by online learning.

This is an equity and inclusion issue, and I don't know what the solution is.

If they want to follow the Ontario example (like NS tends to do in all things education related) then they should vaccinate the LC teachers and EPAs first.

But the kiddos still won't be vaccinated, and it's clear that NS is going by age unless you're in health care or a cop

But the time for that has passed.

We went so long with little to no community spread that the age based vaccination made sense. (Our online booking is so much more efficient than what my pals in Ontario are going through to get their vax)