Please don't talk to me about equity in schools ever again

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Clearly it is of no concern to anyone. The kids whose parents can afford private school tuition or to hire a MCPS teacher on LOA for their POD can get education this year. The kids whose parents are educated and SAH/can work from home will get somewhat of an education. The rest will get nothing and noone cares.

Except that in surveys done, more parents who live in poorer areas of DC and VA responded that they wanted distance learning only.

Interesting, this is a MD thread

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Clearly it is of no concern to anyone. The kids whose parents can afford private school tuition or to hire a MCPS teacher on LOA for their POD can get education this year. The kids whose parents are educated and SAH/can work from home will get somewhat of an education. The rest will get nothing and noone cares.

EVERYONE CARES. Individual parents can't redress the broader inequities on their own, and they're just trying to do the best they can for their own kids. School districts are trying as best they can with limited resources and no clear guidance. There are no good answers here because we are in an unprecedented crisis.

It's not true that everyone cares, but many people do care.

PP here. Maybe not *everyone* but the OP is being melodramatic with this "no one cares" bullshit. People are working extremely hard to do the best they can. We're in a terrible no-win situation. Every teacher I know is heartsick over it. They don't want their students to get a sub-par education, but there's just no good way to bring them back to school in-person. People aren't just happily skipping away from the public school system without a care in the world - it's terrible for everyone.

[Anonymous]

I agree with OP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Clearly it is of no concern to anyone. The kids whose parents can afford private school tuition or to hire a MCPS teacher on LOA for their POD can get education this year. The kids whose parents are educated and SAH/can work from home will get somewhat of an education. The rest will get nothing and noone cares.

Except that in surveys done, more parents who live in poorer areas of DC and VA responded that they wanted distance learning only.

Interesting, this is a MD thread

What did surveys from MD say? We’re the results different? It would be interesting if they were.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Clearly it is of no concern to anyone. The kids whose parents can afford private school tuition or to hire a MCPS teacher on LOA for their POD can get education this year. The kids whose parents are educated and SAH/can work from home will get somewhat of an education. The rest will get nothing and noone cares.

The hell do you mean by that?! Somewhat?! FU!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Clearly it is of no concern to anyone. The kids whose parents can afford private school tuition or to hire a MCPS teacher on LOA for their POD can get education this year. The kids whose parents are educated and SAH/can work from home will get somewhat of an education. The rest will get nothing and noone cares.

The hell do you mean by that?! Somewhat?! FU!

Yours Cordially,

MCPS Teacher

[Anonymous]

The problem is that equity is too big an issue. They have created a system in which not one student can get something more than another. Which in theory is good but in this situation prevents them from creating a system in which they could serve the most needy populations in schools while the less needy would DL which would be the best solution for our current situation.

[Anonymous]

This idea that in person school is dramatically better is baffling. Have any of you actually set foot in classrooms when school is in session? Ever noticed those kids who aren’t paying any attention, roaming the hallways, fighting, or sleeping? These are the same kids that are being left behind now. While the motivated kids are the same ones who will succeed now. DL is not the difference maker here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Clearly it is of no concern to anyone. The kids whose parents can afford private school tuition or to hire a MCPS teacher on LOA for their POD can get education this year. The kids whose parents are educated and SAH/can work from home will get somewhat of an education. The rest will get nothing and noone cares.

The hell do you mean by that?! Somewhat?! FU!

What I mean by that is that educational regression is guaranteed for children who will be forced to distance learn. Do you not think so?

Miami-Dade county superintendent and teachers union are on record for saying that millions of kids are facing educational regression due to DL. Do you think they are wrong?

[Anonymous]

Can you imagine the poor kids who get abused at home. They'll have no respite this year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Clearly it is of no concern to anyone. The kids whose parents can afford private school tuition or to hire a MCPS teacher on LOA for their POD can get education this year. The kids whose parents are educated and SAH/can work from home will get somewhat of an education. The rest will get nothing and noone cares.

The hell do you mean by that?! Somewhat?! FU!

What I mean by that is that educational regression is guaranteed for children who will be forced to distance learn. Do you not think so?

Miami-Dade county superintendent and teachers union are on record for saying that millions of kids are facing educational regression due to DL. Do you think they are wrong?

I do. I know for a fact that my kid learned more during DL than he did during the school year. DL has been a blessing for our family.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Clearly it is of no concern to anyone. The kids whose parents can afford private school tuition or to hire a MCPS teacher on LOA for their POD can get education this year. The kids whose parents are educated and SAH/can work from home will get somewhat of an education. The rest will get nothing and noone cares.

The hell do you mean by that?! Somewhat?! FU!

What I mean by that is that educational regression is guaranteed for children who will be forced to distance learn. Do you not think so?

Miami-Dade county superintendent and teachers union are on record for saying that millions of kids are facing educational regression due to DL. Do you think they are wrong?

I do. I know for a fact that my kid learned more during DL than he did during the school year. DL has been a blessing for our family.

You are in the minority. Your kid is also likely in 3-5th Grade.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Clearly it is of no concern to anyone. The kids whose parents can afford private school tuition or to hire a MCPS teacher on LOA for their POD can get education this year. The kids whose parents are educated and SAH/can work from home will get somewhat of an education. The rest will get nothing and noone cares.

The hell do you mean by that?! Somewhat?! FU!

NP. I don’t understand why you took such umbrage to that post. I’m educated, so I can somewhat teach my kids, but I’m not a trained teacher or familiar with pedagogy, so I probably won’t be as effective as a real teacher would be. PP’s comment makes sense to me.

Is it the SAH piece? It seems to reason that families with a SAHP, or parents with very flexible jobs, will have an easier time managing their children’s access to MCPS classes and/or providing their own learning opportunities.

You may not like the reality pointed out in the PP, but it seems logical and hardly something to get really upset about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Clearly it is of no concern to anyone. The kids whose parents can afford private school tuition or to hire a MCPS teacher on LOA for their POD can get education this year. The kids whose parents are educated and SAH/can work from home will get somewhat of an education. The rest will get nothing and noone cares.

The hell do you mean by that?! Somewhat?! FU!

What I mean by that is that educational regression is guaranteed for children who will be forced to distance learn. Do you not think so?

Miami-Dade county superintendent and teachers union are on record for saying that millions of kids are facing educational regression due to DL. Do you think they are wrong?

DP. I'm not a superintendent but I can clearly see, looking at my own kids, that distance learning, even under the best of circumstances, is subpar in quality to in-person learning, at least, for kids of a certain age, and for certain subjects. FWIW, my kids are good students who want to do well in school (so, no 'sleeping in class' and 'roaming the halls' from them).

So, yes, it will be 'somewhat of an education' compared to what it would have been with open schools. It won't be the same.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Saving lives > education.

Always and for ever.

Rich people don’t need to make that choice

Life sucks. You’ll get over it.