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And the very next sentence after that one: “Many elite private schools, meanwhile, avoided pandemic-related schooling loss almost entirely.”

lapcat 4y ago
And the very next sentence after that one: "Of the Forbes top 20 private schools, our research found that 14 met fully in person for the entire 2020–21 school year." So, 6 of the top 20 private schools did not meet fully in person for the entire school year. Also, that's talking about 14 schools in the entire county, which is a minuscule number of schools and students. Moreover, what's the evidence for the claim that "COVID did not spread uncontrolled into those homes"? I'm not saying it did or it didn't, I'm just saying there's no basis whatsoever for this claim. Anyway, the issue isn't just the homes, it's the teachers. Who wants to die for a job? Nobody signed up for that.
- wrycoder 4y ago
  If there had been a plague in elite homes, we would have heard about it. (And there aren't all that many elite homes.) Teaching school during the pandemic isn't some kind of death sentence. Teachers mostly retire before 65, and the vast majority of COVID deaths is people over 65. Solution - stay open, and if a teacher wants to retire at 55 - fund that fully, with Fed help, if necessary.
  - lapcat 4y ago
    > If there had been a plague in elite homes, we would have heard about it. Why? > And there aren't all that many elite homes. Ok, so why is there any general lesson here? And approximately how many homes are you counting as "elite"? > if a teacher wants to retire at 55 - fund that fully, with Fed help, if necessary I eagerly await this policy. Though it's too late for anyone in the 2020-2021 school year. And how do you plan to deal with the resulting teacher shortage? There's actually already a teacher shortage, because many decided to quit in the past couple years.
    - wrycoder 4y ago
      > why Because we hear of everything COVID that helps to raise the fear factor. And, I don’t count teachers paid to sit at home as “teachers”.
      - lupire 4y ago
        You mean that you don't count teachers teaching from home as day care providers?
        wrycoder 4y ago
        They count. It's the ones not teaching, just collecting.
- yucky 4y ago
  >it's the teachers This is all it was ever about. The Teachers Unions showed their priority wasn't the students and I suspect that will never be forgotten. Some of us always knew that, but now pretty much everyone does.

lapcat 4y ago

And the very next sentence after that one: "Of the Forbes top 20 private schools, our research found that 14 met fully in person for the entire 2020–21 school year." So, 6 of the top 20 private schools did not meet fully in person for the entire school year. Also, that's talking about 14 schools in the entire county, which is a minuscule number of schools and students. Moreover, what's the evidence for the claim that "COVID did not spread uncontrolled into those homes"? I'm not saying it did or it didn't, I'm just saying there's no basis whatsoever for this claim. Anyway, the issue isn't just the homes, it's the teachers. Who wants to die for a job? Nobody signed up for that.

wrycoder 4y ago
If there had been a plague in elite homes, we would have heard about it. (And there aren't all that many elite homes.) Teaching school during the pandemic isn't some kind of death sentence. Teachers mostly retire before 65, and the vast majority of COVID deaths is people over 65. Solution - stay open, and if a teacher wants to retire at 55 - fund that fully, with Fed help, if necessary.
- lapcat 4y ago
  > If there had been a plague in elite homes, we would have heard about it. Why? > And there aren't all that many elite homes. Ok, so why is there any general lesson here? And approximately how many homes are you counting as "elite"? > if a teacher wants to retire at 55 - fund that fully, with Fed help, if necessary I eagerly await this policy. Though it's too late for anyone in the 2020-2021 school year. And how do you plan to deal with the resulting teacher shortage? There's actually already a teacher shortage, because many decided to quit in the past couple years.
  - wrycoder 4y ago
    > why Because we hear of everything COVID that helps to raise the fear factor. And, I don’t count teachers paid to sit at home as “teachers”.
    - lupire 4y ago
      You mean that you don't count teachers teaching from home as day care providers?
      - wrycoder 4y ago
        They count. It's the ones not teaching, just collecting.
yucky 4y ago
>it's the teachers This is all it was ever about. The Teachers Unions showed their priority wasn't the students and I suspect that will never be forgotten. Some of us always knew that, but now pretty much everyone does.