I picture @DrJayVarma reading this tweet and thinking the same thing I am thinking:
Why didn’t Eliza cover this closure as a “dark moment” when it was happening…
👉 And she was one of the most empowered people who could have stopped it?
Remember that time NYC schools closed, and only @michaelgartland of the @NYDailyNews reported on the fact that BDB was acting against the advice of experts like @DrJayVarma?
What might have happened if Eliza had covered that angle?
Remember when @elizashapiro covered the closure of schools for 1M children as if it was just a labor power struggle?
Not in the piece:
- health experts
- reassuring NYC testing data
- concerns about children
- a hint of the parent outrage / national outcry abt the closure
Did you know that San Francisco declined to reopen schools in Fall, 2020 even though local COVID positivity was less than 1%… even as other districts opened at similar (in NYC) and higher (in sun belt) rates?
Did you know that SF schools remained closed until Spring, 2021… as most schools across the US reopened? (Reminder: 60% of US schools had opened by mid-October ‘20.)
And that SF parents protested the closures at the time?
I was only able to catch part of @DrSarahLupo's session at #LiteracyMatters, but I was delighted to see that she was speaking about the importance of knowledge-building curriculum!