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Spinning the idea that closing public schools is somehow aligned with "social justice" and "keeping kids safe" requires some weapons grade rationalization.
In reality, here's who it affects: (thread)
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In reality, here's who it affects: (thread)
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Keeping schools closed disproportionately affects disabled kids.
2/8 https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/06/15/school-closures-particularly-hard-children-disabilities#
2/8 https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/06/15/school-closures-particularly-hard-children-disabilities#
Keeping schools closed disproportionately affects poor kids
3/8 https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/22/world/coronavirus-vulnerable-children-intl-gbr/index.html
3/8 https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/22/world/coronavirus-vulnerable-children-intl-gbr/index.html
Keeping schools closed disproportionately affects hungry kids
4/8 https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/covid-19-school-closures-put-30-million-children-at-risk-of-hunger-301094197.html
4/8 https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/covid-19-school-closures-put-30-million-children-at-risk-of-hunger-301094197.html
Keeping schools closed disproportionately affects kids of color
5/8 https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/public-sector/our-insights/covid-19-and-student-learning-in-the-united-states-the-hurt-could-last-a-lifetime#
5/8 https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/public-sector/our-insights/covid-19-and-student-learning-in-the-united-states-the-hurt-could-last-a-lifetime#
And for those who say that the risks are "only short term" and "temporary", your myopia is showing.
6/8 https://www.brookings.edu/blog/education-plus-development/2020/04/29/the-covid-19-cost-of-school-closures/
6/8 https://www.brookings.edu/blog/education-plus-development/2020/04/29/the-covid-19-cost-of-school-closures/
Just like w/ lockdowns & elective procedure bans, the brunt of the burden for school closures is falling on the those who can least afford it.
We need an honest assessment of who keeping schools closed is "safe" for because it isn't the kids...
...definitely not ALL kids
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We need an honest assessment of who keeping schools closed is "safe" for because it isn't the kids...
...definitely not ALL kids
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We have to stop thinking of "safe" as a function of a single-variable equation which dismisses any non-COVID risk as irrelevent & sets the only acceptable output at "zero".
Risk from COVID to kids is very small...far smaller than the "safety" we impose by closing schools.
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Risk from COVID to kids is very small...far smaller than the "safety" we impose by closing schools.
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