{"id":115647,"date":"2020-11-19T03:13:46","date_gmt":"2020-11-19T00:13:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/chaos-should-move-parents-for-better-system\/"},"modified":"2020-11-19T03:13:46","modified_gmt":"2020-11-19T00:13:46","slug":"chaos-should-move-parents-for-better-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/chaos-should-move-parents-for-better-system\/","title":{"rendered":"#Chaos should move parents for better system"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Chaos should move parents for better system<\/strong>”
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\n New York City public schools close as of today, with no sign of when or even if they\u2019ll reopen this year \u2014 or even of what might determine it. Parents can, should and will blame the woeful incompetence of Mayor Bill de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza, as well as the conniving of the United Federation of Teachers.<\/p>\n

Back when he was getting the UFT\u2019s assent to any reopening at all, de Blasio bound himself to an absurd benchmark for a total shutdown: a 3 percent seven-day rolling citywide average of positive virus tests.<\/p>\n

This is utterly unscientific and arbitrary: Testing says little about what\u2019s happ<\/a>ening with serious virus cases, and next to nothing about what\u2019s going on in New York\u2019s schools \u2014 where kids and staff alike are seeing far lower positive test rates.<\/p>\n

Anyway, even the World Health Organization doesn\u2019t call for school closures unless the area\u2019s positive rate hits 5 percent.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, city Catholic schools aim to stay open all winter long \u2014 without even the \u201cblended learning\u201d that the public schools inflicted on families that did want children going in full-time. (Charter schools might prefer the Catholic way \u2014 but they mainly operate in city-owned buildings, which are run by Team Blas\u2019 chaotic rules).<\/p>\n

The mayor has been warning of possible closing since late last week, yet on Wednesday he still dithered on announcing the shutdown \u2014 delaying his press conference until word had already leaked, since Carranza e-mailed principals first.<\/p>\n

So roughly 300,000 children who\u2019d been \u201cblended\u201d will now join the 700,000 or so in all-remote classes. (Enrolled in them, anyway: Carranza\u2019s Department of Education seems unable to even check on how many kids are actually logged on, or even how many were showing in school.)<\/p>\n

The families that will suffer most are those that de Blasio and Carranza insist they care most about: Better-off New Yorkers are more likely to be working from home anyway, and more able to ensure their children learn despite the schools\u2019 dysfunction. Working-class parents and their kids are up the creek without a paddle \u2014 again.<\/p>\n

Even Gov. Cuomo has gone freaky on the issue, verbally assaulting reporters (\u201csnarky\u201d and \u201cstupid\u201d were some of his terms) who asked about school closures earlier in the day. The mayor had actually told the gov what was coming before Cuomo\u2019s press conference, yet Cuomo feigned surprise when asked about Carranza\u2019s e-mail to principals.<\/p>\n

This, though the gov himself had dissed the 3 percent rule just days before.<\/p>\n

As for the UFT: Its leaders feel compelled to cover for their most panicky members \u2014 and do so ruthlessly, threatening to stop all semblance of education if they\u2019re not appeased. In a rational world, the concerns of older and immune-compromised teachers could be dealt with fairly, but \u201crational\u201d doesn\u2019t apply to labor relations in this town.<\/p>\n

If there\u2019s any silver lining in all this, it\u2019s that parents (and even New Yorkers with no kids in school) are learning some very bitter lessons about how utterly screwed up this system is. Maybe, just maybe, they\u2019ll be able elect some politicians dedicated to replacing the entire public-school system \u2014 unions, dysfunctional bureaucracy and all \u2014 with one that doesn\u2019t completely melt down in a crisis.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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