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Title: about teachers. Anecdotes: about teachers. Buried in the article: Susanna Loeb, a professor of education at Brown University, said she believes most of
by avsteele 6y ago
Title: about teachers. Anecdotes: about teachers.
Buried in the article:
Susanna Loeb, a professor of education at Brown University, said she believes most of the 469,000 laid off in April were non-teacher personnel, as districts tend to fire teachers last
If schools aren't open, a lot of janitorial, cafeteria worker, etc... are probably being laid off.
- MattGaiser 6y agoAt least in my province (in Canada), "non-teacher personnel" included all the academic support staff for learning disabled kids and academic assistants.
- blaser-waffle 6y agoWhile their numbers are non-trivial, students with disabilities (of whatever stripe) are a very small portion of the student body.
- Balgair 6y agoLike all things, it depends. My SO has had classrooms with >50% of the kids on IEPs. My SO has also had classrooms with <10% of the kids on IEP. The school generally has about 25% of the kids on IEPs.
- DuskStar 6y ago> The school generally has about 25% of the kids on IEPs. That really just sounds like the definition of IEP has been stretched beyond all reason.
- Balgair 6y agoNot really. The whole district is kinda like this. The kids really do need the help. The reasons for that need are all unique to each kid, but the underlying reason is poverty. They don't have enough to eat, their parents are incarcerated, their home life is horrific, they don't sleep enough, they get beat up by authority figures, etc. Add up any few of the reasons, and they'll clearly need an IEP, then add in trauma and PTSD stuff, and ... well. Mind, some are just fine through all the mess, and some need help even for less extreme issues. All people are distinct. Giving kids the little help they can get at school due to these life-long circumstances is well warranted.
- npunt 6y agoThis just places even more burden on teachers to do everything. This is like keeping the troops but removing the supply lines.
- lettergram 6y agoExcept, the janitors and / or lunch servers can be hired within a couple weeks and don't require training. Teachers are harder to hire because they have expertise, unions, and have years of experience.
- npunt 6y agoAnd what about the instructional aides and other staff that do have significant training? And what about the web of relationships formed between the staff and students, including those between the janitors, lunch servers, etc and students? And what about the capacities and institutional knowledge that staff have about school operations? Schools are complex operations, made simple only by those who don't understand them.
- M5x7wI3CmbEem10 6y agojanitor-student relationships? server-student relationships?
- npunt 6y agoYes. Maybe not for you, or for all students, but for some, yes. It takes a village to raise a kid, not just those formally designated 'teachers'.
- ticviking 6y agoThe lunch lady is a time honored and well known source of wisdom for those who get to know her.
- Godel_unicode 6y ago