- Week three of Ohio’s school shutdown is underway. Schools and districts which have never done remote education before are trying to crack the code, be that take home work, TV school on PBS stations, or actual online learning at home. (WOSU-FM, Columbus, 3/30/30). State Senator Teresa Fedor says, however, that all this effort to do what has not been done before lays bare pre-existing inequities in school resources. (Fox28, Columbus, 3/27/20) And how are things going in terms of food distribution to school kids? Here’s a look at efforts in Cleveland, including those of CMSD and the Breakthrough Schools charter school network. (Cleveland Plain Dealer, 3/28/20)
- The voucher grouchers in Cleveland Heights-University Heights City Schools have not changed their tune in light of last week’s COVID-19 relief bill. In case you were wondering. (Patch.com, 3/30/20)
- This is an exceptionally poignant look at what the loss of high school students’ senior year may mean to kids. (Dayton Daily News, 3/30/20) Sports and band are already gone, proms and other senior year rituals will probably be next. But most seniors will likely get a diploma no matter what. There’s some worry about that in the preceding piece from the students’ perspective. But complicating matters—as if they need further complicating these days—is the state’s insistence that diplomas earned really only signify that a student is ready for the most menial of work. Nobody asked me, but that sounds like a really bad message to be sending
at any pointjust now. (Columbus Dispatch, 3/28/20)
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