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So are they gonna give all the schools more money to hire all the additional teachers they're gonna need for this?

ceejayoz 6y ago
It's highly unlikely they're going to double the number of classes. (If nothing else, you'd have to build a bunch of new school buildings in the next 2-3 months to do that.) They'll likely stagger the classes, so kids have 2-3 days of classroom instruction each week, and 2-3 days distance learning.
- neonate 6y ago
  That sounds great! if I think about it from a kid's point of view. I bet you could cover the material in half-time. Maybe it will make school less useless. From a parent's point of view it sounds like a continuing nightmare. Or at least really challenging.
- mc32 6y ago
  Wait... that means a parent or guardian at home (up to certain grade levels).... How many people have that option? WFH is not going to last that long for many people. States are beginning to phase out some restrictions allowing some people to return to “non essential work”.
  - ghaff 6y ago
    A fair number of people are still going to be WFH (or unemployed) come fall. But, that said, teaching/dealing with kids doing only somewhat effectual remote learning will continue to be a challenge. And, of course, the people who are least able to afford it will be least in a position to handle another semester of even part-time school-from-home.
    - gremlinsinc 6y ago
      Might be a good time to experiment w/ upending the system. In some nations kids only go to school 4-5 hours per day, if we did that we could have am/pm classes. Like Minneapolis disbanding the police, drastic times call for drastic measures, and nobody knows what might happen, I think we're all experimenting w/ new things and that's not bad, it could be really good if we can find ways to get better performance for certain aspects of our society.
- mirrorlake 6y ago
  That sounds like a nightmare for parents who don't have highly adaptable work schedules.
  - gwbas1c 6y ago
    But we're all unemployed anyway!

It's highly unlikely they're going to double the number of classes. (If nothing else, you'd have to build a bunch of new school buildings in the next 2-3 months to do that.) They'll likely stagger the classes, so kids have 2-3 days of classroom instruction each week, and 2-3 days distance learning.

neonate 6y ago
That sounds great! if I think about it from a kid's point of view. I bet you could cover the material in half-time. Maybe it will make school less useless. From a parent's point of view it sounds like a continuing nightmare. Or at least really challenging.
mc32 6y ago
Wait... that means a parent or guardian at home (up to certain grade levels).... How many people have that option? WFH is not going to last that long for many people. States are beginning to phase out some restrictions allowing some people to return to “non essential work”.
- ghaff 6y ago
  A fair number of people are still going to be WFH (or unemployed) come fall. But, that said, teaching/dealing with kids doing only somewhat effectual remote learning will continue to be a challenge. And, of course, the people who are least able to afford it will be least in a position to handle another semester of even part-time school-from-home.
  - gremlinsinc 6y ago
    Might be a good time to experiment w/ upending the system. In some nations kids only go to school 4-5 hours per day, if we did that we could have am/pm classes. Like Minneapolis disbanding the police, drastic times call for drastic measures, and nobody knows what might happen, I think we're all experimenting w/ new things and that's not bad, it could be really good if we can find ways to get better performance for certain aspects of our society.
mirrorlake 6y ago
That sounds like a nightmare for parents who don't have highly adaptable work schedules.
- gwbas1c 6y ago
  But we're all unemployed anyway!