What this pandemic has laid bare is that schools cannot fix problems that are societal, systemic, & endemic. It’s so easy yet so callous to demand “schools must open...for the learning, mental health, nutrition, childcare... so people can go back to work.” Schools are not a panacea & if you want them to be, fund them that way. Grant educators the respect & professional courtesy to work with & on behalf of the children they have dedicated their lives to. But the learning, they’re falling behind in learning - compared to when & to whom; are you using