Will the outcome of election night mean anything for education in DC?

[Anonymous]

The important races for education and reopening schools should be Council and SBOE but none of the candidates positions are strong on reopening.

[Anonymous]

The mayor isn't up for reelection until 2022. The rest is peripheral.

We might get some interesting oversight from Janeese Lewis George. I wouldn't be surprised to see some squad-style energy from her.

[Anonymous]

Why would it impact anything?

[Anonymous]

The biggest impact on the chance of reopening schools would be the presidency changing hands and a new virus policy getting the virus under control.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The biggest impact on the chance of reopening schools would be the presidency changing hands and a new virus policy getting the virus under control.

By the time all of this happens the school year will be over

[Anonymous]

No. No impact

[Anonymous]

Exactly, none.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The biggest impact on the chance of reopening schools would be the presidency changing hands and a new virus policy getting the virus under control.

By the time all of this happens the school year will be over

This, and as European countries show, even with good leadership the virus can keep spreading.

Of course those same countries also show you can still have school safely, but that's a different question. Maybe Trump - hopefully! - being gone will make the issue less political and thereby raise chances of schools opening? That's my hope, at least.

[Anonymous]

Patterson to SBOE means that KIPP is going to have even more of its own staff in positions that create a conflict of interest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. No impact

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Patterson to SBOE means that KIPP is going to have even more of its own staff in positions that create a conflict of interest.

Excellent. I’m very much looking forward to the charter takeover of DC schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The biggest impact on the chance of reopening schools would be the presidency changing hands and a new virus policy getting the virus under control.

Public health, including COVID, is the job of the city. Not federal. And the city has done a good job keeping covid rates down, implementing mask mandates, and contract tracing. The change in administration should not make a difference. The fact is, the hysteria about covid and schools was never linked to actual conditions on the ground in DC.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Patterson to SBOE means that KIPP is going to have even more of its own staff in positions that create a conflict of interest.

Excellent. I’m very much looking forward to the charter takeover of DC schools.

I think it is inappropriate to have that kind of conflict of interest even from a pro-charter perspective.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Patterson to SBOE means that KIPP is going to have even more of its own staff in positions that create a conflict of interest.

Excellent. I’m very much looking forward to the charter takeover of DC schools.

I think it is inappropriate to have that kind of conflict of interest even from a pro-charter perspective.

why is it a conflict? he can recuse himself from any matter that impacts KIPP specifically. There’s no conflict in him weighing in on charter sector in general.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Patterson to SBOE means that KIPP is going to have even more of its own staff in positions that create a conflict of interest.

Excellent. I’m very much looking forward to the charter takeover of DC schools.

I think it is inappropriate to have that kind of conflict of interest even from a pro-charter perspective.

why is it a conflict? he can recuse himself from any matter that impacts KIPP specifically. There’s no conflict in him weighing in on charter sector in general.

Because it is like letting Coke regulate Pepsi as long as it recuses from Coke. Matters affecting the charter sector generally can still be an opportunity to influence policy in favor of KIPP.