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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]

At least in my neck of the woods, these was painted as "the poor (and where I am this means Black) families don't want to send their kids to in-person school".  So it's this lovely thing where the people most hurt by the policy had the most support for the policy.[/quote]

Was this because of Covid concern or because their kids weren’t being treated well in school or because virtual learning was so much easier logistically?[/quote]

Covid concern.  The narrative was "Black families are experiencing more illness and death from covid and therefore perceive more risk from sending kids to in-person school."  My personal belief is that communicators failed miserably in showing that in-person school did not contribute to a higher likelihood of exposure than what those kids were experiencing alternatively.[/quote]

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