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Mar 17 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
.@ashishkjha was one of the clearest public health voices about our ability to reopen schools safely.

I wish pieces like this important Nov. interview with @cgewertz had come earlier, but Jha was ahead of his peers.

So, there’s that.

edweek.org/leadership/sch…
I hope that @ashishkjha takes swift action on the issue of gaps between the CDC and NCHS reporting of pediatric COVID deaths.

The CDC’s correction yesterday is both troubling and overdue, and @KelleyKga (who broadcast the issue originally) shows that the job isn’t finished.
Also, reminder that Jha was an unhelpful voice on school reopening in Summer, 2020.

I believe I have seen him reflect publicly that reopening success pleasantly surprised him, and he changed perspectives in fall, 2020… but I can’t put eyes on the comments now.
When I say that Jha was “ahead of public health peers,” there is some grading on a curve here.

Terribly few American PH voices were vocal about our ability to reopen in summer, 2020. @BenjaminLinas is the sole exception that comes to mind.

vox.com/2020/7/9/21318…
This is the comment I was thinking of.

We need leaders who will acknowledge mistakes and pivot quickly.

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Mar 17
New detail on CDC masking guidance for 0-4 YOs:

Apparently, CDC thought their yellow website banner communicated change to mask guidance for all kids, not just K-12’s.

But it was so unclear that no one understood.

Botched, indeed.

By @small_asher:

the74million.org/article/an-out…
Why would anyone be confused about the CDC’s message in the yellow box?

Maybe because they are so clear about the need to mask toddlers just a few lines later, on the same screen.

See:

cdc.gov/coronavirus/20… Image
.@small_asher’s piece is very worth a read.

I especially appreciate the call out about the Head Start guidance, which still calls for masked toddlers.

It’s all Just. So. Confusing.
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Mar 15
I have numerous points of disagreement with this “mistakes were made, let’s not waste energy relitigating them” framing.

But here’s #1:

👉 The same people are still making the same mistakes.

Leaders & journalists.

You can’t put kids first if you aren’t putting kids first.
Can someone find me the leaders/journalists talking about the communications hot mess at the CDC with regard to toddler masking?

They added a Note to their site 8 days ago. Who’s demanding clarifications / updates?

I just see parents / leaders like Oster talking about it.
When @NYCMayor said that he is still masking toddlers to “save our babies,” and because under 5’s are hospitalized at a higher rate, who was correcting the record?

@daniela127 @dotcom2020s & other parents.

Some of us were correcting reporters on the matter. @AppletoZucchini ImageImage
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Mar 14
Starting your day in a kindergarten is always good.

When the kinders are completely engaged in a strong phonics lesson, learning a new digraph, it’s AWESOME.

A peek into a lesson on the /ch/ digraph:
I’m visiting with the #KnowledgeMatters School Tour, one of my favorite initiatives in K-12.

The tour visits schools doing 💪 work with high-quality curriculum. This leg visits Tennessee schools using the free foundational skills curriculum developed by @TNedu.

More here:
It’s the first year with a strong systematic phonics program… but you wouldn’t know it!

We spotted sound walls the minute we walked in.
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Mar 13
On my way to Tennessee, and SO EXCITED for this leg of the #KnowledgeMatters School Tour!

Did you know Tennessee created its own free, open source foundational skills curriculum for schools? #swoon

I see it in action tomorrow in @ElizCitySchools!
Tennessee is a standout leader in use of high-quality curriculum, and they’ve done much more to advance reading instruction under the #Reading360 initiative.

I’ll be there a few times for @TNedu Tennessee Literacy Month, and it’s truly an honor to see and share this work.
In the meantime, enjoy this phonics lesson from one of our previous trips to Tennessee, in @PCSSTN.

Every child deserves to learn “the code” of the English language, and this is how it’s done.

#TNReadingForAll
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Mar 6
"We discovered that babies begin lip-reading at around 8 months of age. Crucially, the onset of lip-reading at this age corresponds w the onset of canonical babbling, suggesting that babies begin lip-reading BC they become interested in speech & language."
scientificamerican.com/article/masks-…
Yes, I know that no one has proved that infant development has been harmed by masked caregivers in their midst.

(No one has proved infants/toddlers are A-OK, either.)

But can you read this piece w/o any concern?
"Bilingual babies rely more on visual speech cues to help them keep their two languages apart."

Language learners are more vulnerable to potential impacts from masking.
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Mar 5
I would like to know if the people who are fearful of their kids’ risk from COVID have stopped taking them in cars and buses.
We did a horrible job helping parents to understand the real risks from COVID if we still have a segment of parents who are fearful.
All of these people are replying to this post to talk about mitigations.

This post isn’t about mitigations at all.

It’s about the fact that a segment of Americans still has fear of risks about kids… and I am SURE that they don’t bring corresponding anxiety to car rides.
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