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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I didn't get it before. But now I guess I understand.  Public education is a right to which all are entitled. If you provide something knowing that it will not be effective for a significant percentage of the population, then you are denying a protected, absolute right.  Selfishly, I think that you should do what helps the majority of students, but I see why policy makers would hesitate.

FYI - my perspective is from a mother who has a child in public school and another (younger) in private. I believe in public education and understand the challenges of closing the achievement gap. As a mother of a child with educational challenges, I also understand how IEPs and 504s stress the system.  Unfortunately, the more schools try to be everything to everyone, I find that they become less helpful to everyone. The focus is on the very top and very bottom, and everything in the middle is an afterthought.  Again, my kids aren't going to Harvard. They are bright, not geniuses, and definitely are not perfect students. Still, having seen my challenging student go from struggling, checked out, despresed, and downright obstinate about school when he was in public to a Dean's List student in the smaller classes with more personal instruction at a small (not top) private, I can attest to the benefit of a smaller more focused learning environment.

Being "fair" to everyone just isn't possible.  [/quote]

Whom do you think it's acceptable to be unfair to?[/quote]

Policy makers make those decisions and determine what the priorities are. One approach is not to take action that would benefit the majority of students because the most vulnerable would be left behind.  It is judgment call aimed at equity, and as I said in my post, I understand why leaving disadvantaged students even further behind would not be the right decision. At the same time, though, you can't say that decision is the best for those students who would rather do online learning than just abandon the semester.  What is fair for the system, may not be fair to an individual student.

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