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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]DP. The WTU rep is back! WTU rep, you are misrepresenting the facts. This isn't a matter of DL not being "the education parents want". This is a matter of DL not being effective as education. Sure, kids can still learn if parents step up and make sure your virtual teaching results in learning, but for most kids, "virtual learning" isn't happening to an acceptable degree. How come nobody in Europe thinks it's selfish of parents to want kids in school? It's because there is a broad consensus of experts who argue that kids NEED to be in school in order to learn effectively. In Germany, for instance, it was initially the national association of public school parents that was most skeptical about kids returning full-time, (irrationally) fearing for their health. It was the education professionals who said they must return to ensure public schools' mission of effectively educating everybody.[/quote]

I keep trying to report the poster you responded to. Here we are having a productive discussion, as has been the case in many threads, and this person chimes in with "what are you willing to do?" This discussion started out with compelling point, which is that educators and parents agree that in person learning is preferred over DL. No educator will tell you otherwise.

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You "keep trying to report" posts that don't agree with your little self-created echo chamber.  They are not being removed because differing opinions have every bit as much value as yours, whether you like them or not or agree with them or not.

Not a teacher and SURE as hell not a "WTU rep" (LOL), but a parent who's sick to death of repetitive selfish whiners[/quote]

It says a lot about you that you try to smear this very reasonable, fact-based, and interesting discussion between those PPs, which is reflective of the discussion actual education and public health experts around the world are having, as "repetitive selfish whining". If anything is repetitive and selfish and whining, it's the posts that regurgitate the WTU position, although I do agree there is no reason to report them. Let them continue to expose the weakness and insularity of their argument.[/quote]

Every expert, whether an expert in education or public health, believe that in person delivery of education is preferable over DL. Every single one. In fact, every education expert also agrees that there is learning loss as a result of school transition to and continued delivery of education by DL. Every district in the DMV is talking about that learning loss and how to address it. Are each of these experts selfish? No.  These are undisputed facts.

The debate is about what degree of risk is acceptable in order to provide education in its best setting. Reasonable minds can differ about how to quantify and weigh the potential risks of returning versus providing an inferior educational model as a result of extended school closures. With the numbers where they are now, there is a strong argument that the risks are too great. However, I have seen very few public health experts express concern about the risk of transmission of COVID in a school setting. Parents and teachers aren't public health experts. However, those same experts also believe that, from a public health perspective, there are other ways to mitigate risks within a community that would keep community spread at acceptable levels for returning children to school buildings.

Remember, the original question on the table whether there would come a point when people who have expressed support for teachers continuing to teach through DL would change their mind. In the continuum of weighing risks of in person learning versus harms caused by continued DL, it is neither selfish nor unreasonable to decide that at some point the harm to children outweighs the risk. [/quote]

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