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Lots of people are talking about this New Yorker story on children left behind by remote learning. The focus was on a Black kid in Baltimore: u2028u2028 https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/10/05/the-students-left-behind-by-remote-learning">https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/... 1/n
He’s a sweet, smart kid who is suffering. I mention his race because EdWeek asked parents how much they trusted schools to keep their children healthy? Black and Latino parents had the lowest levels of trust: 2/nu2028u2028 https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2020/09/17/do-parents-trust-schools-where-the-fault.html">https://www.edweek.org/ew/articl...
The choices facing families today are truly crappy. Kids are isolated, parents are stressed, the educational impact is profound…3/n
But remember that the families of Black and brown children are most worried about a return to in-person learning. Multiple surveys have shown this to be the case. 4/n
So why is that? We need to ask parents who don’t feel schools are safe what they need to allay their fears. I suspect the pandemic is just one of many issues. 5/n
It may be a little too easy for schools to slip into a savior mentality. A lot of parents were clearly feeling ill-served b/f the pandemic hit. Just saying “it’s safe, it’s safe, look at all these studies!” is clearly not enough. 6/n
This requires a defter touch. And a dose of humility. u2028u2028Is it really a surprise that in the middle of a generational crisis, some families feel that their needs/wants will continue to be overlooked — as they have been all along? /end
