Posts tagged #onlineschool
More on the dilemma of fall school reopening decisions (why aren't we listening to those most impacted?)
More on the dilemma of fall school reopening decisions (why aren't we listening to those most impacted?)

The data shows that low-income, Black and Latinx families are the least in favor of re-opening schools. They place a higher priority on not dying (ie containing the virus) than on restarting the economy or getting their kids out of their hair so they can get work done more peacefully at home (which is the priority for many white and more privileged parents who are otherwise shielded from the worst effects of the virus).

As Jen Roesch argues in her article "If Opening Schools Is About Equity, Why Aren’t We Listening to Those Most Impacted?", instead of forcing students back to school, we should support them and their families to learn at home.

How are you approaching fall school reopening decisions for your family, if you have school age kids? What is your company or organization doing to support working parents? How can you advocate for working parents, especially those who face the most systemic challenges?

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Co-creating inclusionAlethea Fitzpatrick#onlineschool, #schools, #DEIinapandemic, #DEIforthelonghaul
How can we meet community needs? Thoughts on in-person, hybrid or remote learning during a global pandemic
How can we meet community needs? Thoughts on in-person, hybrid or remote learning during a global pandemic

As many families grapple between choices of in-person, hybrid, or remote learning, I wanted to share some different articles that have helped me clarify my thinking.

Even if you are not a parent or caregiver, this is an important conversation to be aware of and part of - not only do you likely have friends, family and colleagues who are grappling with these issues, but these are community and systemic issues that impact us all.

Employers have a role too because they have the ability to mitigate the impossible math of working from home full time while your kids are at home full time trying to get an education, and that, as always, disproportionately impacts those already most impacted including BIPOC, low income, and essential worker families and especially the women in those families.

For those who hastily proclaimed that Black Lives Matter these past couple of months, it's time to act like they do.

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Dismantling oppressionAlethea Fitzpatrick#blacklivesmatter, #onlineschool, #DEIinapandemic, #DEIforthelonghaul, #disruption, #schools, #community, #radicalimagination
Rethinking what we think of as "disruption"
Rethinking what we think of as "disruption"

What if we could shift the ways in which we have been socialized to think and behave, and adjust to having our kids around not as a disruption but as a re-integration?

An article on "Traditional Indigenous Kinship Practices at Home: Being Child-Centered During the Pandemic" gave me a completely new perspective.

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Dismantling oppressionAlethea Fitzpatrick#onlineschool, #indigenouspractices, #disruption, #capitalism, #DEIinapandemic, #pandemiclife