#Schools

No one is opposed to school reopenings. Teachers hate remote teaching as much (or more) than families and children. Everyone wants to find a way to make schools work.What people
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A few thoughts on these interpretations, that appear to suggest (with caveats) that schools in England haven't necessarily contributed much to transmission. The evidence presented here does not necessarily support
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Excellent article by @zeynep on dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 spread. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/09/k-overlooked-variable-driving-pandemic/616548/It argues that pandemic is driven by superspreaders, and so what is required are
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Women want a government that’s on their side. Here’s what a Labor Government will deliver. It’s been more than a year since it was given to them, and the Government
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Also, Jeff is donating $100,000,000 to one non-profit. This isn’t a dig against his donation but heavy checks from the wealthy to a single point creates public-private nightmares that usually
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1. The tendency of parents, and white parents in particular, to use race as a heuristic for quality, is a big problem in American schools, and doubly-so in "school choice"
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while most of this thread is correct i feel like some of them is a little stereotypical and subjective?i would prefer to say jp people are more "polite" rather than
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This educational "lost generation" narrative is becoming more and more irritating. It is untrue and unhelpful. If I were a parent of school age children (mine are grown up) this
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For millions of families across England, this week will be a mixture of excitement and anxiety. Excitement for children who will be back in the classroom for the first time in
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“The risk and responsibility for getting kids back to school currently rests on teachers, parents, and individual districts and their leaders....If returning kids to school represents a social good, it's
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tw // homophobia, racism, sexism...im gonna list the bad things amy coney barrett has done in this thread 1. Barrett was a trustee at a private school with anti-gay policies.source:
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This is the perfect time to redesign the school system not it’s for social distancing but also what school is and what and how our children are learning. Teachers should
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We wrote to @BorisJohnson on 10th June asking for a plan B in case of second spikes, local lockdowns and COVID cases in schools. We asked for national provision of
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Douthat's column and the powerful @AlecMacGillis piece it references both argue without much evidence that the resistance to school reopening is largely a reaction to Trump pushing schools to open.I
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#School#India Many parents ask me if they should enroll their kids in one of the "new" schools.Here is my answer about schools that encourage curriculum free learning.A thread. Many parents
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The Washington Post said "the disproportionate number of teachers appearing in covid-19 obituaries is striking."The author has not provided any evidence of disproportionate representation.This unsubstantiated statement should be c
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