#Schools

All of this is deranged and should be disregarded as such.https://twitter.com/Eintrachtrob/status/1287695104120102913 "FF/FG/Greens couldn't care less that Covid19 will run rampant through schools and people WILL DIE"Well know
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Is the government just straight out trolling schools, children, parents, teachers & academics now?Like publishing guidance for major changes after 5pm with one school day before the new term, on
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This is not a good answer to what is a very reasonable question.The key argument is that we can swap high contacts in adults, for very low contacts in adults
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Short thread on my experience as a parent (teacher plus 3 sons at 3 different schools).All 3 schools doing it differently- and seems to be suiting us all very well
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Despite the unfortunate title, let me state emphatically, the scientists stand with the teachers. There’s no daylight between us. We are scientists in part because of our K-12 teachers. There’s
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The 'social norm' at play - and the one Micheal Martin will NOT talk about today in his speech - was: if you speak up against the Church and the
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@iborganization your consultation with schools this week including a 2 question survey, which failed to ask the most important question. Your two questions focussed on whether the SCHOOL could administer
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Elihu Yale was a slave trader. Leland Stanford was a racist.These are the schools we tell our kids to kill themselves over, for parents to cheat over and for society
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.@DNC just cut me off on their conf. call when I tired to correct the record and say Republicans want to provide $70 billion in additional funds over and above
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To be clear, I do not think schools should re-open until it is unambiguously safe for everyone involved but I am really tired of people (particularly those not raising children
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100% false. 1. Trans aren’t banned from the military. Only people currently undergoing medical intervention for gender dysphoria—which is completely in line with all military policy. Like, why diabetics can’t
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This thread highlights why it takes me so long to collate and report on data re: schools/children.The following analysis which I have painstakingly collated/correlated from 4 different HPSC reports &
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We still need full details on the government's catch-up programme, but Sir Kevan's appointment is a really promising sign.https://www.tes.com/news/pm-appoints-sir-kevan-collins-covid-catch-tsar Some more thoughts - Thread alert What
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In early August we (the parents) hope to hear Ontario’s school boards’ plans for the upcoming school year. I (the labour economist) wanted to get a picture of how much
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A quick anecdote from Playbook on COVID-19 reliefe negotiations: On Tuesday afternoon, @SpeakerPelosi hosted @SenSchumer, @stevenmnuchin1 and @MarkMeadows in her office suite for a mtg. This was meant to be
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1. Let's compare CA (population 40M) with France and the UK, two countries planning or having already reopened schools. I note that no one wants schools to reopen more than
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