I don't understand. This is what you took away from this? I thought this post shows that keeping schools open is an absolute fantasy. This is one of the best funded schools in NYC; it's going to be absolute shambles in the rest of them.
At some point we have to face the facts: NYC’s school admins aren’t good enough. Private schools have been open in California for ages.
But this is normal. Public school workers are deep mediocre workers. Most of the time they skate by being mediocre. But this moment demanded that they do their job well. They, challenged to act outside mediocrity, found their skills wanting.
It seemed to me like remote schooling leads to students not paying attention at all (in particular younger students who need guidance), and just minimizing the stream while doing other stuff, based on other posts I read. Hence it seems like a lose-lose.
What I took away is that at some point we have to return to normal. Give up. Let it spread. Do away with testing. Tell students and teachers to come in if they have mild, cold-like symptoms.
