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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some interesting facts from a Return to Learn tracker that is tracking school openings, etc:

https://www.returntolearntracker.net

Key Findings

The nationwide effort to give students the option for in-person learning continues: As of March 22, just 7 percent of districts are fully remote and 41 percent are fully in person, leaving 52 percent of districts offering hybrid instruction.

Just 3 percent of districts that are majority white have no option for in-person instruction. This rate is six times higher in majority-black districts and eight times higher in majority-Hispanic districts at 18 percent and 24 percent, respectively.

Several community characteristics affect what type of instruction students are receiving. Remote learning is more prevalent in counties with high proportions of single mothers and high percentages of children in poverty.

There are also wide differences by district characteristics. Remote learning is more than twice as prevalent in low-achieving districts.

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No one ever wonders if this is because people don't give a sh*t about Black and brown kids?  Like maybe it's not just "Black and brown parents don't WANT to send their kids to school"?  It seems sort of f*cked if the narrative wasn't, "Well Black and brown people WANT that."[/quote]

Um, I though Black and brown people *did* want remote learning in higher percentages?
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Yeah. Because the teachers’ unions have been screaming at them all year that their kids will die if they go back to school. Here’s a study about it: https://twitter.com/vkoganpolisci/status/1371808663007035392?s=21[/quote]

Uh because our schools are way more run down than yours. That was the main worry. Our kids also face more trauma, meaning they can have more challenging behaviors that are extra unsafe because of COVID.

But I agree that these poor families put too much trust in the union, as did I as a teacher. But I’m back now after having a meeting with all my families to discuss what specific precautions my classroom will have. 90% of them wanted IPL after all their questions were answered and the risk was explained.

I imagine if this happened on a mass scale, the number for black and brown families who want IPL would jump.[/quote]

thank you teacher! we need more efforts like yours. [/quote]

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