#Schools

Nisha Thampi

NishaOttawa

COVID-19 cases (at least one staff) confirmed at 5 Ottawa schools -This was to be expected. In recent weeks, we'd see up to 5 school-aged kids/day positive for COVID-19 at

Martyn Reah

MartynReah

thread#letstalkaboutflex #flexibleworking #sltchat #teacher5adaylets do the maths secondary school numbers are going up by 15% in the next decadewe are only hitting 2/3 of our recruitment targetsover 1/2 of us

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solomonmissouri

.....I’m an epidemiologist and a father. Here’s why I’m losing patience with our teachers’ unions.https://www.vox.com/2021/2/15/22280763/kids-covid-vaccine-teachers-unions-schools-reopening-cdc Here's where i stopped reading...

Dominique Heinke

Epi_D_Nique

The study described underestimates in-school spread.1. No universal testing of students or staff. ( below)2. Tracing guidelines are overly limited by close-contact definitions that in-school cases are missed. ( below)Viral

John Roberts

JohnGRoberts

Quick thread on Gavin Williamson's appearance at the @CommonsEd today and there was loads to go at. MPs were told Covid testing of staff will be rolled out to primary

A4AOntario

A4AOntario

Ontario’s autistic-led advocacy group, Autistics for Autistics, strongly condemns the Government of Ontario for allocating $7.5 million to train provincial teachers in using a bogus autism “therapy” known as Applied

Rivers Solomon

cyborgyndroid

Loving how the conversation has expanded from police and prison abolition to the abolition of oppressive institutions more broadly - nursing homes, psychiatric hospitals/facilities, group homes.One I rarely see specifically

Dr Georgina Porter

queenofswords6

A levels...short threadIf anyone doubts who the winners are this year, here's a random selection of independent schools and the % of A*-A grades this year.2019 figures follow in brackets.Mayfield

Paul Krugman

paulkrugman

It's now clear that the US took a decisive wrong turn in late March, rushing to reopen even though Covid-19 wasn't remotely under control. And here's one way to think

Wes Pegden

WesPegden

Quick thread on evidence being presented that schools are main drivers of transmission (and here: primary aged children just as much!).There really are papers claiming to show some of these

planninganon

Planninganon

The Nazis destroyed the German educational system through an overemphasis on PE and the Hitler Youth. By 1942, 50% of medical students failed their exams, science students 'could no longer

Agent NDN

TheAgentNDN

Canadians need to understand that residential schools didn't go wrong somewhere along the wayThe *education* was the genocidal partAnd that was the main purpose of the *schools*Horrific abuse happened because

Muna Kadri

munakadri

A on the actions that this moment demands from unions in education:1. Joint union press conferences after every single @sflecce conference. We can’t just rely on reporters to counter his

Karen Vaites

karenvaites

GROAN.Six-foot distancing writes off normal, 5-day school for children in every not-yet-reopened district (35%).It lacks an evidence base – and ignores the fact that 39% of schools are FT now,

Dr. Jennifer Moren Cross

jcrossphd

School districts need assurances NOW their budgets will be held harmless through the end of the school year. Not doing so harms students. Let me explain why. 1/@SenLarryTaylor @DadePhelan @LtGovTX

Louise Brown

louby

My three went back to school for one day each this week (key worker places had been offered since the start). Reflecting on what they benefited from this week (v

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