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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It would be great to have a non-partisan assessment of what worked and what didn’t work. Everything is so politicized and polarized it is ridiculous.

I think one important lesson is that schools stayed closed far too long, and we are paying a heavy price for that. [/quote]

The kids paid a heavy price, and their parents.   The people who made these decisions aren't paying anything and will never be held accountable.[/quote]

You keep forgetting to mention the teachers who might have refused to go to work or quit if they had been forced back. Who was going to do the teaching?  Why do you expect people to sacrifice for you? [/quote]

This is the latest Democratic spin. “Oh we could not have opened schools! Teachers would have quit!” Do you think we are idiots? In DC right here, private and parochial teachers returnee. They returned in other states and in countries around the world. The reason blue city teachers refused to return is that their unions had political support and the Dems turned “keep schools closed” into a campaign promise, which is absolutely deranged. And then cowed public opinion by labeling any parent who dissented as a racist teacher-killer.  Not to mention exaggerating the risk. We lived through it sweetie - we know what happened. [/quote]

You’re full of it. It hasn’t been in blue states with robust teacher unions that schools have had to cut down to 4-day weeks—in 2023—because they’ve had so many staff walk away.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/education/more-school-districts-adopt-4-day-weeks-citing-lower-costs-and-better-teacher-recruitment[/quote]

[b]Per you, missing one day a week in person is NBD[/b] so not sure why you think this is a good point. Remember when Wednesdays had NO virtual instruction for no discernible reason? Good times![/quote]

I'm not sure where you get that idea. Having school permanently cut down to a 4 day a week activity is not a small thing. It's one thing when there's an emergency justification for it (yes, we had no Wednesday instruction either! not our favorite thing, but the context made it understandable).

When the justification for it is "we don't know, we just can't find enough people to run this thing 5 days a week" we are in very different terrain. And--back to your original false claim--that is not terrain that teacher unionism put us on. Bye. [/quote]

Whatever connection you’re trying to make between covid policies and red state teacher retention is totally specious. We KNOW blue state teachers took advantage of the political power of unions to close schools. And if they thought they could get away with it they would absolutely go for a 4-day schoolweek everywhere. In fact Randi was floating that trial balloon. [/quote]

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