Wealthy kids will have private teachers

[Anonymous]

It's always been this way, but this year will make the divide even worse than normal.

[Anonymous]

Private schools won’t allow the teachers railroad them. They understand that their mission is to educate children, not be a welfare employment center for teachers. It’s sad that this must be pointed out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Private schools won’t allow the teachers railroad them. They understand that their mission is to educate children, not be a welfare employment center for teachers. It’s sad that this must be pointed out.

What's sad is this BS take.

"A welfare employment center for teachers"?

I've been a private school parent for six years and am well aware private school parents are entitled, but this situation has shined a real light on how utterly insufferable many private school parents really are.

[Anonymous]

And higher SES correlates to the almighty “gifted” status —and 2E and IEPs and magnet schools.

These same groups prep and tutor for admittance to ES gifted programs then crowd source to find the right psychologist to assist with the all-important packet. Then it’s after school private in home tutoring or a commercial, franchise tutoring center or even group study labs (yep, still talking about ES).

Then, the tutors help with SAT prep, essay writing...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And this is different from pre pandemic how, OP?

They're hiring the public school teachers to do it now.

Retired teachers? How can they hire teachers who will be teaching virtually?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, I do notice. I have noticed before. In normal times public education offers a lot to help close the gap. Without it our society will become even more divided. Distance learning cannot provide the same bridge.

Obviously the rest of society doesn’t agree because public schools have been grossly underfunded for decades. How many threads about the common good of public schools did you start before the pandemic?

This is the problem. We have allowed public schools to fall apart for years-it has been particularly bad since the Great Recession in 2008, when education funding was slashed. That funding was never restored. Flash forward to today, 12 years later, with over 2 million additional public school students we have to provide for. The money just isn't there. School infrastructure is crumbling. There is lead in the pipes. No air conditioning, even as our climate gets warmer. Teachers have to beg on Donors Choose to fund basic supplies for their classrooms. Staff stocks the bathrooms with soap and toilet paper, or everyone goes without. Now, people are demanding that schools magically create outdoor classrooms, upgrade air filters (most schools don't even have HVAC systems to be upgraded, in the first place), set up tents, provide computers and internet access, provide PPE, provide counseling for all the kids whose lives have been uprooted by COVID and our country's abysmal response, make class sizes smaller by hiring more teachers and/or renting out public spaces, etc. - and the money is not there. I don't understand why people think that somehow, this is something individual schools or districts should be able to control.
We can not "do more with less". We have been at the bone for years. If this crisis hadn't happened, people would continue ignoring the issue and complaining about how teachers are just "lazy".

Tax base should be expanded.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And this is different from pre pandemic how, OP?

They're hiring the public school teachers to do it now.

Retired teachers? How can they hire teachers who will be teaching virtually?

Teachers have always been able to do tutoring as a side hustle after hours.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, I do notice. I have noticed before. In normal times public education offers a lot to help close the gap. Without it our society will become even more divided. Distance learning cannot provide the same bridge.

Obviously the rest of society doesn’t agree because public schools have been grossly underfunded for decades. How many threads about the common good of public schools did you start before the pandemic?

This is the problem. We have allowed public schools to fall apart for years-it has been particularly bad since the Great Recession in 2008, when education funding was slashed. That funding was never restored. Flash forward to today, 12 years later, with over 2 million additional public school students we have to provide for. The money just isn't there. School infrastructure is crumbling. There is lead in the pipes. No air conditioning, even as our climate gets warmer. Teachers have to beg on Donors Choose to fund basic supplies for their classrooms. Staff stocks the bathrooms with soap and toilet paper, or everyone goes without. Now, people are demanding that schools magically create outdoor classrooms, upgrade air filters (most schools don't even have HVAC systems to be upgraded, in the first place), set up tents, provide computers and internet access, provide PPE, provide counseling for all the kids whose lives have been uprooted by COVID and our country's abysmal response, make class sizes smaller by hiring more teachers and/or renting out public spaces, etc. - and the money is not there. I don't understand why people think that somehow, this is something individual schools or districts should be able to control.
We can not "do more with less". We have been at the bone for years. If this crisis hadn't happened, people would continue ignoring the issue and complaining about how teachers are just "lazy".

Tax base should be expanded.

No, there needs to be more accountability for how the tax money they receive is spent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's always been this way, but this year will make the divide even worse than normal.

Shocking that something like this could happen under Trump/DeVos. Just unreal.

/s

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's always been this way, but this year will make the divide even worse than normal.

Shocking that something like this could happen under Trump/DeVos. Just unreal.

/s

What? They’ve been pushing for schools to open so this doesn’t happen. But Democrats and the unions want to keep the masses uneducated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's always been this way, but this year will make the divide even worse than normal.

Shocking that something like this could happen under Trump/DeVos. Just unreal.

/s

What? They’ve been pushing for schools to open so this doesn’t happen. But Democrats and the unions want to keep the masses uneducated.

LOL. You think THAT's why they want to open schools? So education can take place?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's always been this way, but this year will make the divide even worse than normal.

Shocking that something like this could happen under Trump/DeVos. Just unreal.

/s

What? They’ve been pushing for schools to open so this doesn’t happen. But Democrats and the unions want to keep the masses uneducated.

They were trying to narrow the education gap before the pandemic?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You’re just noticing the inequities now? Not very observant, are you?

Just because someone is slow to notice, doesn’t mean we should discard their comment.

Plus, if you thought it was bad before, lol, then you’re in for a surprise. We haven’t seen anything yet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And this is different from pre pandemic how, OP?

They're hiring the public school teachers to do it now.

Retired teachers? How can they hire teachers who will be teaching virtually?

Teachers have always been able to do tutoring as a side hustle after hours.

Some teachers are also taking a year off to be private teachers/tutors

[Anonymous]

The rich kids need all the help they can get. I don't see any gap between the rich and UMC kids.
Not sure how to help the LMC kids though.