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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'll say it again..
It's not that science doesn't matter, Covid-19 is also an ethical issue.

Is it ok to send teachers to school knowing it will slightly increase the likelihood of them getting covid and increasing community spread?

You may say yes, it's worth it. But just like abortion people have varying opinions.

When it comes to the choice, if people can they will choose telework. Just like if people live in a state that provides free abortion and they want one, they'll get it.

It's no that teachers are 'special,' it's that they're being given a choice like many other professions are being given.
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The ethics of the calculation need to also include the lifelong impact of likely two years of educational loss for many (probably most) children going through DL. There are many DL kids who will never recover from the loss. There are children who will be permanently illiterate because they have lost a critical early learning period. Kids with certain SNs will never recover.

I have a child with severe dyslexia who will (hopefully) come out okay because we are spending thousands of dollars and a lot of time on dyslexia remediation, private school, and educational therapy. That is simply not a feasible or ethical societal model -- it is unethical that the "answer" to covid-19 is that only children with wealthy parents are educated. For the most part the other kids we know with severe dyslexia are suffering terribly. Their parents are frantic with worry, while at the same time the parents are struggling to work two jobs because of covid-19 economic impact. Your ethics post didn't even consider those families who can't immediately spend thousands of dollars and time on educational remediation to make up for profound education loss.

Most other professionals who are working remotely can do their jobs effectively remotely. That isn't true of teaching, and any discussion of ethics needs to take educational loss into account. Is it ethical to accept the educational loss of these kids? To permanently hamstring them? [/quote]

I agree to an extent. But again it's a matter of ethics educational loss vs. possible death. I think many people would consider prevention of deaths for the greater 'good.'

And I don't consider money as a part of an ethics conversation, this is a national crisis and any family let alone one with children should have an emergency fund.

That's likely why the WTU wants to let teachers choose, if your teacher comes back it was their choice and ceases being an ethical issue.

The issue of lower quality of education through DL is a multi-tier ethical issue and the answer may seem simple (send teachers back) to some parents, however the fact is unlike other cities DC has been able to give all students devices. I think for sped kids the issue is they are protected by law to have FAPE but at the same time FAPE isn't clear on exactly what 'appropriate' means. Kids who aren't protected by FAPE are only entitled to public education, not an appropriate one. But neither is automatically entitled to an excellent one.[/quote]

lol this is the worst legal take. FAPE applies to everyone. my god, this has been litigated to death. hahahahaha "only SPED kids get appropriate education!" no. FAPE ALSO applies to SPED. I am literally laughing out loud. go read the wikipedia article.[/quote]

Unbelievable.[/quote]

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