Education

2020-08-06

Illinois district includes students of color in groups with first chance at in-person learning: report

Article Link: https://www.foxnews.com/us/illinois-schools-black-brown-students-in-person-learning

Discussion posted by: IRWeasel

A suburban Chicago school district has said students of color will get the first chance to return for in-person learning when schools reopen, citing “a pandemic” of “inequity and racism, and classism” that preceded COVID-19. Because District 65, which includes students from Evanston and Skokie, won’t force teachers to work on-site, school buildings may not be able to accomodate all students who would like to come back to their classrooms. In that event, Superintendent Devon Horton reportedly said, the district would give priority to “Black and Brown students,” and others it considered to be “marginalized” or “oppressed.”

2020-08-05

Fred Weinberg: The COVID/Education Disaster Has an Easy Solution, But Teachers Unions Won’t Stand for It

David McNamara Education, Health & Living 0

Article Link: https://www.westernjournal.com/fred-weinberg-covid-education-disaster-easy-solution-teachers-unions-wont-stand/

Discussion posted by: David McNamara

So let me get this straight. Members of teachers unions either don’t want to go back to school or they do not think online instruction works (or both). Whatever happens, though, they want to get paid — or they’ll strike. Well, let me tell you the story of a man who was undoubtedly ahead of his time. My late father, Professor Philip Weinberg, was an engineer by training, an educator by vocation and what they used to call a futurist by avocation. After mustering out of the World War II Navy, he married my late mother, left his hometown of Brooklyn, got his degrees in electrical engineering, had me and my two sisters and ended up in Peoria, Illinois, where he founded the electrical engineering school at Bradley University.

2020-08-04

‘Wary’ Teachers Now Opposed to Both Online and In-Person Classes, Threaten To Strike

David McNamara Education, Health & Living 0

Article Link: https://www.westernjournal.com/wary-teachers-now-opposed-online-person-classes-threaten-strike/

Discussion posted by: David McNamara

With public school districts nationwide beginning to cancel in-person learning for the fall semester in answer to COVID-19 transmission fears, a number of teachers unions already are moving the goalposts. According to The New York Times, educators in the hard-hit states of Florida and California might be “wary of returning to class” this back-to-school season, but that concern hasn’t stopped them from shooting down alternatives such as virtual learning. Widely promoted as the logical alternative to traditional learning, online video instruction was a go-to for many public institutions when coronavirus-related lockdowns first took effect in late March.

2020-07-29

Bill Gates says schools should reopen despite COVID-19

IRWeasel Education, Health & Living 0

Article Link: https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/bill-gates-says-schools-should-reopen-despite-covid-19

Discussion posted by: IRWeasel

Bill Gates is siding with President Trump, saying US schools should reopen in the fall despite the continued spread of the coronavirus — claiming “the benefits outweigh the costs.” “I’m a big believer that for young children, the benefits in almost every location — particularly if you can protect the teachers as well — the benefits outweigh the costs,” the billionaire philanthropist said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” in an interview aired Tuesday. “As you get up to age, like, 13 and higher, then you’ll have to look at your locale to decide what you’ll do with high schools,” Gates said. “And if they’re not in, then you have to put massive effort into trying to get there to be continued learning online.”

2020-07-28

COVID-19 risks for kids are low, must be balanced against cost of being out of school, doctors say

Arye ben-Shaoul Canada, Education, Health & Living 0

Article Link: https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/kid-coronavirus-risk-school-1.5664708

Discussion posted by: Arye ben-Shaoul

Nerissa Crichlow of Toronto has a lot of unanswered questions about what school will look like for her twin daughters in September. “First and foremost, are they going to be splitting up the classes? What is that going to look like? Are there going to be testing measures in place?” She describes herself as “very concerned” about the risk of her seven-year-old daughters, Mila and Norah, contracting and bringing home the coronavirus if in-person classes resume in the fall. “I really need a good understanding of what the protocols are going to be. I’m asthmatic, my daughter is asthmatic, my father is asthmatic, and my mother has lung issues,” she said.

2020-07-28

George Washington University Promotes Book Saying Conservatism Is Racism, Forced To Backtrack

David McNamara Culture & Race, Education 0

Article Link: https://www.westernjournal.com/george-washington-university-promotes-book-saying-conservatism-racism-forced-backtrack/

Discussion posted by: David McNamara

After promoting a book correlating racism with conservatives, George Washington University has apologized and removed the book from its resource guide of anti-racism material. With a paperback price of $30.56, “Conservatism and Racism and Why in America They Are the Same” by San Francisco State University political science professor Robert C. Smith was published in September 2010. Its description on Amazon states that it “systematically illustrates the inescapable racism of American conservatism.”

2020-07-22

See What COVID-19 Safety Looks Like In Classrooms Around The World

David McNamara Canada, Education, Health & Living 0

Article Link: https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/covid-19-safety-schools-around-world_ca_5f11c81ec5b6d14c336696df

Discussion posted by: David McNamara

As Canadian schools plan for the new academic year in September, many parents are worried about what the school day will have to look like for kids, in order to keep them safe. Across the country, from province to province, plans are still being formulated for models that could include staggering the attendance of students, mandatory protective gear, and a blended approach online and in-person learning. To get a sneak peek at how schools in other regions of the world that are already back have done it, we’ve scoured the Internet for images of school life under the new COVID-19 reality.

2020-07-22

Popular School Teacher Said ‘Trump Is Our President,’ Now He Is Out of a Job

David McNamara Education, Politics & Economics 0

Article Link: https://www.westernjournal.com/popular-school-teacher-said-trump-president-now-job/

Discussion posted by: David McNamara

Welcome to the second half of 2020, where the left’s cancel culture can leave a person unemployed for the apparent infraction of stating an indisputable fact. We’re not talking about the kind of fact that can be argued against with contradictory data, either. Charts, graphs, statistics and the conclusions of experts are often deemed factual but are later disputed, as contradictory charts, graphs, numbers and expert analyses are presented in the spirit of debate. But there are some facts that cannot be argued against, and these facts can never be prejudicial or insensitive. Fact: When an airplane uses propulsion to force itself off the ground, that airplane is flying. Fact: Michigan’s capital is located in the city of Lansing. Fact: Donald Trump is the current president of the United States.

2020-07-20

University cancel culture is coward culture

David McNamara Canada, Culture & Race, Education 0

Article Link: https://thepostmillennial.com/university-cancel-culture-is-coward-culture

Discussion posted by: David McNamara

The University of British Columbia (UBC) would rather encourage violence and get sued than honour its own mission to support free speech, enquiry and debate. In late 2019, UBC agreed that The Free Speech Club would host an event in Vancouver on January 29, 2020, featuring journalist Andy Ngo, who is also editor-at-large at The Post Millennial. Mr. Ngo was physically assaulted by Antifa (short for “anti-fascist”) in Portland, Oregon in June of 2019, while covering a protest. Antifa is a loosely organized coalition of left-wing activists and self-described anarchists who use direct action, including vandalism, physical violence, threats, cyber attacks, and blockades, often to shut down events or protest opinions they oppose. Antifa protestors typically dress in black and wear masks to hide their faces.

2020-07-16

Student with ADD jailed for not doing online schoolwork, sparking protests

IRWeasel Education, Law & Crime 0

Article Link: https://torontosun.com/news/world/student-with-add-jailed-for-not-doing-online-schoolwork-sparking-protests/wcm/e02a0aad-5ef4-482c-b713-7ac24c44d812

Discussion posted by: IRWeasel

PONTIAC — Hundreds of Detroit-area students turned out in protest outside their high school Thursday calling for the release of a classmate who is in juvenile detention after not completing schoolwork during remote learning this past semester. The 15-year-old student, called Grace in the original ProPublica report that highlighted her situation, was on probation for fighting with her mother and stealing.

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