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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What we need is a *hard reset* of outdated norms: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 closure
– opening schools with a “test out” option
They’re all inconsistent w what leading states are doing.
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What we need is a *hard reset* of outdated norms:
– 3% threshold agreed in July
– any single-metric trigger for closure
– opening schools with a “test out” option
They’re all inconsistent w what leading states are doing.
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Delaware and Michigan have guidelines that keep schools open at double-digit positivity.
Govs state clearly that other things close first (see thread).
It's clear. Unambiguous.
#keepNYCschoolsopen https://twitter.com/karenvaites/status/1328857455766491139
Govs state clearly that other things close first (see thread).
It's clear. Unambiguous.
#keepNYCschoolsopen https://twitter.com/karenvaites/status/1328857455766491139
We also need a serious public information campaign to help parents and teachers understand that yes, it is fair to do a hard reset, and literally every public health official (Fauci, Jha, Gottleib) plus WHO, UNICEF says so.
It's a leadership moment. https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2020/11/03/schools-need-to-be-bolder-about-reopening.html
It's a leadership moment. https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2020/11/03/schools-need-to-be-bolder-about-reopening.html
Ideally, that effort would be national in scope.
Imagine if education leaders and both-side-of-aisle politicians and public health officials came together on this, and the media really got behind it?!
Imagine if education leaders and both-side-of-aisle politicians and public health officials came together on this, and the media really got behind it?!
Unfortunately, what we are getting in NY politics is a tug-of war between leaders...
The OpEd at the top of this thread lays it out well... https://twitter.com/karenvaites/status/1330508845920247821?s=20
The OpEd at the top of this thread lays it out well... https://twitter.com/karenvaites/status/1330508845920247821?s=20
We have different camps still swirling around positivity rate as a single-issue trigger.
Even thought there shouldn’t be a single trigger.
https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/education/2020/11/19/carranza-says-city-could-change-threshold-for-shutting-down-schools
Even thought there shouldn’t be a single trigger.
https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/education/2020/11/19/carranza-says-city-could-change-threshold-for-shutting-down-schools
We have parents in FB groups concerned that NY’s test-out trigger, if it becomes the norm, might create a local mess, because so many principals were vocally opposed to reopening in the Fall. (Mine was.)
We have boatloads of confusion.
We have boatloads of confusion.
We need the hard reset. The “back to the drawing board” for NY.
It would require @NYGovCuomo and @NYCMayor to say, “The info and public health guidance has changed, so we need to evolve with it.”
We aren’t getting that. No matter the growing evidence. https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/2020/11/18/unicef-schools-are-not-main-drivers-of-covid-among-kids-1337119
It would require @NYGovCuomo and @NYCMayor to say, “The info and public health guidance has changed, so we need to evolve with it.”
We aren’t getting that. No matter the growing evidence. https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/2020/11/18/unicef-schools-are-not-main-drivers-of-covid-among-kids-1337119
But if we go through the next few weeks with a bunch of drama about 3% vs 5% and school test-out battles... that just drains our parents, teachers, and principals even further.
Without actually aligning to the emerging new norms.
Without actually aligning to the emerging new norms.
