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Pre-covid, my work was on maternal mortality, and 1 way to decrease MM rates is to listen to women. What I notice in #returntoschool debates are that we are not listening to families we claim are most negatively impacted by #virtualSchool.
This article is one of the first to detail and predict that when given the choice, Black parents won& #39;t overwhelmingly send our children to school in the middle of a pandemic https://hechingerreport.org/why-black-families-are-choosing-to-keep-their-kids-remote-when-schools-reopen/">https://hechingerreport.org/why-black...
Municipality after municipality showed similar data. https://www.chalkbeat.org/2020/9/11/21431146/hispanic-and-black-students-more-likely-than-white-students-to-start-the-school-year-online">https://www.chalkbeat.org/2020/9/11...
yet, we have well meaning (non black?) people, advocating for schools to reopen so our children won& #39;t be left behind. hmmmm. Makes me wonder why.
I read this article this morning that offers many thoughts on why. I found them compelling. https://jacobinmag.com/2020/10/neoliberal-education-reform-scapegoat-teachers-covid-19-reopening-school?utm_campaign=custom_feed_subscription">https://jacobinmag.com/2020/10/n...
This quote expresses why my Black children won& #39;t return to in-person school.
"The reluctance of parents of color to send their children back to in-person school is likely driven by the fact that the virus has hit low-income Americans and people of color, ...
"The reluctance of parents of color to send their children back to in-person school is likely driven by the fact that the virus has hit low-income Americans and people of color, ...
...who also are more likely to live in multigenerational households, much harder than their white and upper-income counterparts."
Also, I& #39;ve found virtual school of the fall to be completely different than crisis schooling of the spring.
Also, I& #39;ve found virtual school of the fall to be completely different than crisis schooling of the spring.
When I asked Black families what they like about virtual school, I got answers that will outlive the pandemic. Things like "no microagressions", "my kids don& #39;t get overly punished", "my kids can learn in a loving nuturing environment."
https://twitter.com/Theresa_Chapple/status/1301208457522151424?s=19">https://twitter.com/Theresa_C...
Thank you @htubbscooley_RN for sharing that very thought provoking article with me.
