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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]School closures were the most anti-equity thing to happen in the last 50 years at least. The rich kids were largely fine, while the poor kids were largely not. You can do equity initiatives continuously for the next 10 years and still not be able to completely reverse what happened in the last 2.[/quote]

See, there’s these events called pandemics. You can’t just pretend they’re not going on.[/quote]
This is totally false. I switched from a “poor” largely minority district to a “rich” homogenous white district mid year. The kids in the lower SES school were much better behaved than the kids I work with now. The attitude toward authority in my new district is really poor. Think kids who say things like, “I don’t have to listen to you, my parents pay your salary.” They are ten or eleven at most, this is elementary school. Students verbally refuse to do their work or follow directions. They mock their classmates when they’re speaking, which is disgusting and unkind. I’m considering returning to my old job. I never had this problem in the lower SES school, before, during, or “after” COVID (the pandemic hasn’t ended, we’re just ignoring it). The idea that rich kids are doing better is patently untrue. While they have more advantages, they aren’t better behaved or more academically advanced. Let’s do away with that stereotype. [/quote]

??? I was talking about why schools why closed.[/quote]

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