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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At this point, I’m pretty philosophical about this whole mess.  I don’t think it’s fair to ask teachers to work in person until they are fully vaccinated.  I certainly don’t think it makes sense in terms of public health.  So I guess I see their point of view.

If teachers do decide to strike, I hope they don’t dump a load of “asynchronous” work for students to do on their own (aka teachers dump their role as DL facilitators on parents).  If teachers vote for no DL, well what am I gonna do.  But please:  no DL means no DL.

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Philosophically, what do you see the solution as being? Kids have a legal right to education from 5 years on. Parents have a legal responsibility to arrange for that education. Public schools exist because the mandate that every child be in school requires a public and collective solution.

If the teachers refuse to do any more DL and the schools aren’t open for whatever reason, what happens to the rights of kids to an education? Will parents be punished if they’re unable to provide one?

- not a hostile question, genuinely curious about your thoughts [/quote]

https://www.npr.org/local/305/2020/05/11/853892794/d-c-s-black-residents-make-up-less-than-half-the-population-80-of-c-o-v-i-d-19-deaths
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Thank you for this article, which is upsetting/interesting/worth spreading, but I am not sure how it relates to theoretical/philosophical consideration of the unstoppable force/immovable object problem of school reopening in DC right now. [/quote]

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