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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No one is pro-DL. People are making the best of a bad situation and want all teachers vaccinated before returning.  And some families need the parents vaccinated before their kids return.

Homeschool teaching really only needs a few hours a day but school is 6 hours a day. A lot of school is get in line, cut this paper and wait while kids cut the paper, read in your small groups, etc. Direct instruction is not a lot of time.

DL still sucks but in a pandemic its the best option.

My teachers walk or bike to school. My teachers have walked or biked to see our kids from a distance.[/quote]

Virtual learning is "cut this paper and wait while kids cut the paper, read in your small groups, etc." Only now it's for 1/4th of the time it used to be and the teacher can't even tell if they're cutting the paper correctly. It's insanity. And, no, even in a pandemic, only DL is not the best option. Basically the entire developed world agrees with me... except for those responsible for most large metro areas (though not the largest!) in the US. I'm not saying that an 8 week shutdown w/ DL only over the Dec-Jan period (a la some private schools and the UK) or over defined periods of time to get spikes under control (like much of Europe) might not have been the "best option" given the pandemic, but that would have been in the context of IPL in August-November, etc. Open in person schools should be the default and heavy favorite and specific conditions should have to overcome that presumption for defined periods of time. The status quo is lunacy.[/quote]

This. Well said. The problem here is that it is very hard to break the status quo. Much of the US got this wrong from the start and now we are stuck with an insane situation.[/quote]

not really. it's a question of political will. the only places where schools have been completely closed all this time are cities (like dc) that run by democrats where teachers unions are strong. everywhere else, schools have been open to varying degrees. [/quote]

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