Things seem to be a little for flexible now. Spread it out over the year, good for people who don't know how to save (me in the beginning
) , save on your own, or do a summer saver account. You have to be really disciplined being paid once a month and not touching what you put away for summer. It really depends on the individual.Yes they are brave, thank goodness they are protected by a plastic shield plus their own protective masks, gloves and time after each customer to sanitize. One person at a time.
From my own experience, parents who have tried charter schools then come back and have said the academics just weren't there. They certainly have more flexibility and little accountability. That isn't for everyone.
So why not make teacher to be present in a classroom behind Plexiglas, wearing a mask or a hazmat suit, if this makes them feel safer? They don't have to be touching students or be in close contact with them.
Kind of like what an adult has to put up with at work. It definitely is frustrating. But at least as an adult, the employee can be fired.
The difference is with young children they need help and yes you do need to be close to them ,they frequently don't understand the problem they are having to even verbalize it. Also, you are in a room with many students not just one at a time. Hey, behind a plastic shield one student at a time, maybe 20 minutes with that student, move them out, sanitize, next, so on and so on, that might work. Info only, in study after study, the dirtiest surface people can encounter is not a door knob, a phone, a counter, a faucet, it is desks of students.
exactly!
Just so we are clear, Charter schools are public schools as well. The difference is you can shut down a Charter school a lot easier and fire a bad teacher a lot easier. Charter schools are required by law to take in all kids with special needs. If they lie and say that dont have space or resources they can be reported and shut down. the fact that espola posted an article that said only 8% of charter schools were shut down says a lot about the quality of charter schools. The same article said charter schools had an advantage by bringing up the average quality of charter schools because public schools cant be shut down the same way. Also note he posted that article not in support of charter schools.
Adults at work are totally segregated by ability and effort. At a tech company, you can go weeks and never have a work conversation with someone who doesn’t have at least one STEM degree.
Hey, here's another thought, you might actually be on to something. Let's surround each student desk, all sides, with plexiglass. LAUSD has over 600,000 students. I wonder how quickly they can do that. Capo only has about 53,000 students so maybe we could get that done in the next 30 days. I would go for that plus have students wear masks and gloves when using the bathroom, recess or leaving the room for any reason. Also, hire all the laid off nurses so we could have a full time nurse at every school. Our school had six hundred students so the nurse would be pretty busy.
I remember those days well.
Sorry but that just isnt true. Charter schools are required by law to take any kid that applies as long as there is room. If they lie and say there is no room, lie and say they dont have resources when they do, they can be shut down. what you posted are excuses why charter schools outperform public schools that squander their resources because you have superintendents making $400k+. What we need is more charter schools to replace the bad failing schools that are protected by unions. Its no wonder the greedy public school system with their unions can't spare $2,800 of the $12,000 it takes to educate a child. They want to keep every penny even if its to a failing school districts where it barely trickles down to students.
They are. It’s usually referred to as Zoom or Google Classroom.
Very true. However, I think the point they are making is that the “token success stories” like yours and mine are the exception and not the rule.
Sorry but school unions are saying thats not possible. Their excuse is the following: Not every student has a computer, Not all districts can afford to give a kid a laptop to use, Not every student has great internet connection, Not every teacher has great internet connection, What about teachers with kids? they cant teach over zoom while their kids need to be attended to (or pet), If everyone doesnt have the same access then no one will because they want to be equitable which means 100% online learning without zoom or live instruction. It will be something like khan academy and checking in on emails.
They seem like the rule minus the 8% of charter schools that shut down, while failing public schools remain open.
