CURMUDGUCATION: McKinsey Has Ideas For Fixing Schools (Pandemic Edition)

CURMUDGUCATION: McKinsey Has Ideas For Fixing Schools (Pandemic Edition)

McKinsey Has Ideas For Fixing Schools (Pandemic Edition)

McKinsey is the 800-pound consulting gorilla with its hairy hands in everything. That includes dabbling in education; they've consulted with Boston schools and shown how to slash and privatize the crap out of the district, they've made data based advanced analytics explanations of how to improve test scores, and they've made the argument for computerizing classrooms. Their world view is captured by Anand Giridharadas in the must-read Winners Take All, dubbed Marketworld. They are the kings of neo-liberal thinking-- use data, unleash markets, measure everything (especially money). 

So of course it's no surprise that they have some thoughts about how global education should respond to the whole pandemic crisis. Some of it sounds good, but it's important to pay attention to the language (probably a good motto for this blog).

Yet crises often create an opportunity for broader change, and as education systems begin to make decisions about investments for the new school year, it’s important to step back and consider the longer-term imperative to create a better system for every child beyond the pandemic.

Yeah, "investments." Because everything is an investment with these guys, and every investment CONTINUE READING: CURMUDGUCATION: McKinsey Has Ideas For Fixing Schools (Pandemic Edition)

COVID 19: FSMC Monitoring and Allowable Costs Q&A - Nutrition (CA Dept of Education)

COVID 19: FSMC Monitoring and Allowable Costs Q&A - Nutrition (CA Dept of Education)

COVID 19: FSMC Monitoring and Allowable Costs Q&A

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Main Web Page

On June 3, 2020, the U.S. Department of Agriculture released Policy Memorandum SP 21-2020, CACFP 12-2020, SFSP 12-2020: Questions and Answers (Q&A) related to Food Service Management Company (FSMC) Contracts and Allowable Costs during the COVID-19 Pandemic (PDF). It provides further guidance related to the flexibility provided under COVID-19: Child Nutrition Response #19: Nationwide waiver of Food Service Management Contract Duration in the National School Lunch Program and Summer Food Service Program. Additional questions and answers address documentation requirements for food safety inspections; as well as allowable costs as they pertain to personal protective equipment, provision of non-congregate meal service, staff salaries, and non-refundable program costs.

For more comprehensive COVID-19 guidance, please visit the School and Child and Adult Day Care Meals web page.

Contact Information

For any questions regarding these waivers, please contact your respective program’s County Specialist. The County Specialist for each program can be found in the following Form IDs in the CNIPS Download Forms section:

• Summer Food Service Program (SFSP)—Form ID SFSP 01.
  
• National School Lunch Program (NSLP), School Breakfast Program (SBP), and Seamless Summer Option (SSO)—Form ID Caseload.
  
• Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)—Form ID CACFP 01.

Questions:   Nutrition Services Division | 800-952-5609

COVID 19: FSMC Monitoring and Allowable Costs Q&A - Nutrition (CA Dept of Education)