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The nationwide K-12 tipping point
Posted on 7/15/20 at 3:52 pm
Posted on 7/15/20 at 3:52 pm
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The doors of public schools are swiftly slamming shut for many Americans ahead of this next school year.
Driving the news: Los Angeles and San Diego are starting out online-only this fall, forcing 825,000 students to learn with a laptop.
California is also re-entering lockdown: Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered restaurants, wineries, movie theaters and other family entertainment to stop serving customers indoors, and he ordered bars to close in their entirety.
Why it matters: This could start a domino effect among officials who haven't made a final decision, especially with the coronavirus surging across much of the U.S.
It also sets up a conflict with the Trump administration and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, who are pushing schools to have students in classrooms.
The big picture: Los Angeles is the first big district to make this move, with plenty more at a crucial point in the decision-making process.
New York City will be allowed to open schools if positive test rates remain below 5%.
Chicago let high school athletes return to practice last week, but hasn't decided whether to have classes in person.
Miami-Dade is asking parents to vote on their preference of online, hybrid or in-person, but this only applies if the state goes to the next phase of re-opening.
Maryland's Montgomery County Public Schools released its draft plan this weekend to start September with online-only classes. In-person classes would then be phased in, and blocked off by different periods and grades, Axios' Orion Rummler reports.
Las Vegas will have a hybrid system with the potential for alterations.
Atlanta's school board is voting today on whether to start the first nine weeks online.
In Seattle, students are "likely to go to school in person only once or twice a week" in the plan under consideration as of July 8, per the N.Y. Times.
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Between the lines: Teachers unions are flexing some muscle here, the LA Times notes.
Los Angeles teachers union leadership pushed for online-only, and "83% of teachers agreed in a one-day snap poll."
By the numbers: Cost will be a big factor in these decisions.
- San Diego faced a $90 million price tag to add the necessary support staff and disinfecting procedures to keep schools open. (N.Y. Times)
- The bill could average out to nearly $1.8 million per school district, the School Superintendents Association estimates. (ABC News)
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Posted on 7/15/20 at 3:53 pm to rickgrimes
Getting an education is racist. Stop begging for your privilege.
Posted on 7/15/20 at 3:54 pm to rickgrimes
What do parents who have to work do with kids? I have no kids, so I'm legitimately wondering.
Posted on 7/15/20 at 3:54 pm to rickgrimes
Crime fixing to go way up.
Posted on 7/15/20 at 3:55 pm to rickgrimes
Posted on 7/15/20 at 3:55 pm to rickgrimes
When the mass exodus starts in these large cities and they begin to crumble we'll all just laugh...
Posted on 7/15/20 at 3:56 pm to LegendInMyMind
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What do parents who have to work do with kids? I have no kids, so I'm legitimately wondering.
Posted on 7/15/20 at 3:57 pm to LegendInMyMind
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What do parents who have to work do with kids? I have no kids, so I'm legitimately wondering.
politely ask our employers to allow us to work from home a few days a week so mommy and daddy can take turns teaching little timmy and sally while still paying $14,000 to a school that isn't teaching them.
Posted on 7/15/20 at 3:57 pm to rickgrimes
Its a fricked up situation that districts have had since April to make plans and contingencies for and failed.
Its insane that we are 3 weeks away from school with zero answers.
Its insane that we are 3 weeks away from school with zero answers.
Posted on 7/15/20 at 3:58 pm to Impotent Waffle
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Its a fricked up situation that districts have had since April to make plans and contingencies for and failed.
Its insane that we are 3 weeks away from school with zero answers.
This is the biggest thing that pisses me off. ANd this is why i'm not paying for the weeks my kids have to stay home. There is literally no plan a the moment, and they keep saying to wait, they'll have one. YOU HAD ALL GOD DAMN SUMMER TO MAKE ONE!
Posted on 7/15/20 at 4:01 pm to TeddyPadillac
this has unforeseen fallout for the liberal education institution
Posted on 7/15/20 at 4:01 pm to LegendInMyMind
quote:Hope you can either work from home, have a high school aged kid who can stay home and keep an eye on younger siblings, or have retired grandparents that can watch the kids. Otherwise the parents are pretty screwed.
What do parents who have to work do with kids? I have no kids, so I'm legitimately wondering.
Posted on 7/15/20 at 4:02 pm to Tiger Prawn
I'm at the point where i'm ready to just say frick it and pull them out and find a parent/teacher that wants to take a few of the kids from each of my kids classes and teach them for the year from home, and we'll pay them handsomely, likely more than they would make if they were a teacher at the school.
Posted on 7/15/20 at 4:06 pm to LegendInMyMind
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What do parents who have to work do with kids?
There is going to be a brutal and crushing reality for a lot of inner-city kids. And it’s really going to suck. The media is not gonna cover it. But it will be depressing to watch. Abuse, neglect, and malnutrition will skyrocket
Posted on 7/15/20 at 4:46 pm to Impotent Waffle
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Its insane that we are 3 weeks away from school with zero answers.
Thanks Betsy DeVos?
Posted on 7/15/20 at 4:52 pm to TeddyPadillac
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I'm at the point where i'm ready to just say frick it and pull them out and find a parent/teacher that wants to take a few of the kids from each of my kids classes and teach them for the year from home, and we'll pay them handsomely, likely more than they would make if they were a teacher at the school.
Pulled our TK aged kid out of private school and we are planning on just home schooling and supplementing it with Kumon etc. Going to save around $20K going this route. It will be a little stressful, but wife and I can manage after getting a taste of it over the summer.
Posted on 7/15/20 at 4:53 pm to TeddyPadillac
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I'm at the point where i'm ready to just say frick it and pull them out and find a parent/teacher that wants to take a few of the kids from each of my kids classes and teach them for the year from home,
I'm looking to do the same.
Posted on 7/15/20 at 4:55 pm to rickgrimes
Elementary and Secondary Education, at its heart, is a LOCAL issue. Local school boards, generally elected by the people, hire a director or superintendent, hire principals, and principals hire teachers. In addition, it is local school boards and administrators that set the school calendar and daily schedule.
As this issue grows and becomes even more problematic, I hope that federal and state officials in all 50 states remind people of this. If you wanna get mad, direct your anger at the correct people or groups!
As this issue grows and becomes even more problematic, I hope that federal and state officials in all 50 states remind people of this. If you wanna get mad, direct your anger at the correct people or groups!
Posted on 7/15/20 at 4:55 pm to rickgrimes
Capitalism. Capitalism will always create a better product.
Posted on 7/15/20 at 4:59 pm to rickgrimes
I would just homeschool my kid if my kid's school was going to be online in the fall. It would hit the school district's bottom line when enough parents did this. The districts would get the message when they faced a looming budget deficit.
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