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Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Public commentary for the Wed. #a2schoolboard meeting is back up. To sign up, submit name and comments to tinyurl.com/aapscomment or emailing osinski@a2schools.org by 4 pm on 1/11. Meeting is at 3700 Earhart Road, A2. Speak in person or watch from home as your comment is read.
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1/ @a2schools has released Fall test scores (NWEA), and they don't paint a pretty picture. Black students have fallen further behind the national average + their White peers. Ditto for poor students. Learning inequalities are widening with time.
Elementary grade results for math:
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Powerful piece by @anya1anya. Those denying the existence of learning loss "are coming pretty close to arguing that public schools accomplish nothing. If being at home for a year & a half didn’t have any negative impact on children, why do we need school?" nytimes.com/2022/09/01/opini…
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Today I attended the @washtenawdems candidate forum with @kelseyheckwood and @shinksue who are competing in the primary for the 14th State Senate district primary. I got to ask a question! - a follow-up to an earlier question about school closures during the COVID pandemic.
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Board is responsible for ‘culture of superficiality and silence,’ AAPS trustee says after equity session goes awry mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/202…
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A stunning data visualization of the academic damage from remote learning
Paper by @ProfEmilyOster
emilyoster.net/wp-content/up…
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“Poor mental health & suicide attempts were less common among students who felt connected to people at school” -CDC study.
Social connection is critical for our #mentalhealth. Let’s prioritize teens’ broad health & human needs.
Health is about more than the absence of COVID19.
New CDC data shows the pandemic affected the #MentalHealth of high school students:
▪️2 in 5 students felt emotional distress
▪️1 in 10 attempted suicide
#CDCABES bit.ly/3wP93uM
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🧵Last year’s experiments in remote education failed many children, undermining their learning. Parents + policymakers should be alarmed at the evidence emerging. MSU’s @EPICedpolicy group analyzed 2020-21 achievement data for 590,819 Michigan school-kids. A few findings 1/
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Universal masking policy is reaffirmed by Ann Arbor schools mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/202…
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Last night’s #a2schoolboard debacle was not really about masking. Rather it showcased the #hypocrisy, poor #priorities, poor conflict management, and capricious policies of this #a2schoolboard. A 🧵
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Some level of bus route reductions will likely have to happen through March according to Swift. #a2scholboard
My gosh, how much do we pay Durham?
Swift saying they will rotate which routes get reduced.
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Ann Arbor Public Schools has announced it will have a remote virtual learning day Wednesday, Feb. 2, rather than cancel school.
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Without naming names, @GovWhitmer wants schools in Flint, Detroit, Ann Arbor and elsewhere to stop operating in pandemic-induced virtual mode and get kids back in front of teachers every day.
Republicans are hammering her on this because pollsters are finding that message works.
I asked @GovWhitmer "Are you calling on school districts that are using virtual now to end that and bring kids back into the classroom? Is that the message you want to you want to communicate to them?
"Yes," she said. #DetroitToday
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“Detailed contract tracing in every lunch or snack situation is not something we are able to do at this time.” @A2SchoolsSuper #a2schoolboard
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Second this.
Good for ASPIRE to ask for an equity plan update. Without pressure, it will not happen with current #a2schoolboard
Special ed parents have been waiting for years for the changes called for by the Hannover Report. a2reasonablereturn.org/f/pro…
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Wow, the special education teacher describing the mice, ants in classrooms. Says teachers must clean the student desks and wipe mice poop off shelves. The teacher can't understand why an #a2schoolboard meeting would need 4 to 5 janitors.
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These Swift emails are like a roller coaster. That you ride blindfolded.
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