#Schools

Mao, Sidung. ☭🌈

BlackAngryCynic

My brother is a teacher right here in Jamaica. I want to tell you guys a little about him in the hopes that it inspires some thought about where the

New York Magazine

NYMag

The return to the classroom will be exceedingly difficult — and maybe impossible. @keithgessen reports on city schools' struggle to reopen during a still-festering pandemichttps://nym.ag/2BUi8sf The people charged with preparing

Arika Herron

ArikaHerron

"At $350 each, which is roughly what Lawrence Township Schools paid for a recent order of Chromebooks, it would cost the state around $80 million to close the device gap"

Another Angry Woman

stavvers

At the very least, Lockdown 2 needs to shut secondary schools and universities for the duration.https://twitter.com/ONS/status/1322148487484657669 You know how basically all of Europe has gone through its phase of doing

Deepti Gurdasani

dgurdasani1

If anyone at this point things that school openings haven't resulted in a surge in cases among school-age children, I'd urge them to look at the latest ONS data. There's

James S Murphy

James_S_Murphy

Here's the 20 worst 4-yr colleges in the country when it comes to enrolling low-income students. Source: IPEDS data released today Here's the 10 worst 4-year schools when it comes

Chris Jackson

cjacksonj13

Thread: Interesting juxtaposition in the @nytimes today: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/06/us/coronavirus-schools-attendance-absent.html As Schools move Online, Many Students Stay Logged Out #edequity 1/4 Meanwhile, the @nytimes (along with @verizon

Jess Calarco

JessicaCalarco

*NEW research out today in @asr_journal*"Avoiding Us versus Them: How Schools’ Dependence on Privileged “Helicopter” Parents Influences Enforcement of Rules" In this thread, I'll summarize key findings and link to

Karen Vaites

karenvaites

Here’s the issue with the mess in NYC right now...What we need is a *hard reset* of outdated norms: – 3% threshold agreed in July – any single-metric trigger for

Holger Hestermeyer

hhesterm

To students: identifying your sources - and knowing what information is trustworthy - is vital in the Internet environment. Mistakes happen particularly if you write about foreign jurisdictions. And they

SIVA VAIDHYANATHAN🗽🤘🏽

sivavaid

Foreign students will get kicked out of the US if their universities are going all online this fall. Seriously. This is cruel.https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/sevp-modifies-temporary-exemptions-nonimmigrant-students-taking-online-courses-d

David Taggart-PDMacro.com

DavidTaggart

Tell me all the rich democrats in a state already send their kids to private schools without telling me all the rich democrats in a state already send their kids

Gnome De Plume

PHealthGnome

Ok, so lets break a rule and talk about the relative safety of schools. I don't normally talk about this because no matter what I say my mentions get angry

Carole Cadwalladr

carolecadwalla

Two things: 1) totally buried that Johnson today doubled down on decision to re-open schools on June 1. Despite report from @IndependentSage saying it’s not safe, major concerns from unions

Lakshman Swamy

laxswamy

As schools go further towards remote learning, families with the means will seek private options- either full private school, private tutors, creating 'pods,' etc. Kids who do not have these

Neil Yates (EndChildPoverty)

neilayates

Currently the educational regressives have the ear of government via Nick Gibb, the Minister for Schools since Methuselah was in Year Two. His universally derided boss Gav has been convinced