2020 Medley #17 — All COVID-19, All the Time
IT’S ALL COVID-19, ALL THE TIME
Is there really anything to write about besides the problem of schools starting during the pandemic…the threat to students and teachers…the lack of preparation and science-based decisions?
The big problem facing public education right now is the fact that states are coercing school staff and students back into in-person classrooms before the pandemic is under control and virtually every education writer has at least one, and often more, opinions about the subject.
Maybe it’s my “bubble” but most of the articles I’ve read (and posted) were on the side of “no in-person school until it’s safe.” The few that were in favor of opening schools in the middle of a pandemic took the side of 1) parents need to go back to work, which only shows up the failure of state and federal governments ability to provide for safe child care and provide support for parents who would have to stay at home to be with their kids, and 2) kids are less affected by COVID-19 so they’ll be ok…with little if any acknowledgment that in order to have kids in school one must also have adults who are at greater risk from the illness.
For me, however, the biggest problem is the same one that the media has faced CONTINUE READING: