"U.S. deaths from the novel coronavirus rose by more than 1,000 on Tuesday, the biggest single-day increase since early June, according to a Reuters tally."
So due to my curiosity, I changed the MN data into more understandable numbers.
With respect to questions above, most working age Teachers should be fine, though early retirement may be a good idea if they have any pre-existing health conditions.
Almost all the kids will be fine, however you may want to keep them away from Grandma and Grandpa during the schools year.
Of course if you are between 70 - 79.... 85 of you will make it but 15 of you will die... Sorry...
Now since I am 54 and healthy... Should I wear my my mask when I can not social distance in an effort to stop the spread and protect you older folks?
Or just say.... They are old anyway.... Maybe if they die earlier I can save the social security and medicare trust funds for me? 🙂
By the way, the lives of you and my 80 year old Parents are worth the minor inconvenience of wearing a mask. 🙂
For example, in St. Louis County (Mo.) the school districts with the highest proportion of Black students - Jennings and Riverview - take in less than half the money per student compared to nearby Brentwood, which generated more than $21,000 per student in 2017-18.The sad irony then is that the conservatives will blame the schools for not teaching as well in the poor communities while giving them half the money to teach very challenging students and families. (ie unlucky kids)
"In the short term, states can account for current spending levels when reducing education budgets. While across-the-board cuts that take the same amount of state funding away from all districts might sound fair, a better approach would be to cut from high-spending districts first and only then make broader adjustments after things have been leveled so existing inequities aren't exacerbated or ignored.
Long term, more substantive school finance reforms are needed and the best solution is to untether the relationship between school funding and zip codes. Ideally, local property wealth should play no role in determining school funding levels. Dollars instead should be pooled at the state level and allocated transparently based on enrollment and student needs." The HillUnfortunately many folks are concerned about only their children and their schools. :-( Which of course is very shortsighted given how much children who fail academically will cost us all over time. (ie prison, welfare, lost productivity gains, lost tax revenues, etc)
"It is not illegal for a U.S. citizen to act or attempt to act as a go-between between a presidential campaign and a foreign intelligence agency, and Stone was not charged with any crime in conjunction with his Trump-WikiLeaks communications. But it’s a different story for the campaign itself. At a minimum, the Trump campaign was vulnerable to charges of violating election laws against receiving things of value from non-U.S. persons. Conceivably, the campaign could have found itself at risk as some kind of accessory to the Russian hacks— hacking being a very serious crime indeed. So it was crucially important to the Trump campaign that Stone keep silent and not implicate Trump in any way.
Which is what Stone did. Stone was accused of—and convicted of—lying to Congress about his role in the WikiLeaks matter. Since Stone himself would have been in no legal jeopardy had he told the truth, the strong inference is that he lied to protect somebody else. Just today, this very day, Stone told the journalist Howard Fineman why he lied and who he was protecting. “He knows I was under enormous pressure to turn on him. It would have eased my situation considerably. But I didn’t.” You read that, and you blink. As the prominent Trump critic George Conway tweeted: “I mean, even Tony Soprano would have used only a pay phone or burner phone to say something like this.” Stone said it on the record to one of the best-known reporters in Washington. In so many words, he seemed to imply: I could have hurt the president if I rolled over on him. I kept my mouth shut. He owes me."What are Trump Supporters thinking? Are these self serving corrupt actions what they really are willing to accept in order to get some justices on the bench?
"A few common themes emerge across these successful school districts and schools. First, schools are given greater autonomy. In New Orleans, the schools under the OPSB were replaced with independent schools that were directly accountable to the state’s RSD. In New York, the Promise Academy was given autonomy in implementing its own community and school programs. The report on high-achieving disadvantaged districts finds that school principals were given autonomy to lead, which helped attract, develop, and retain high-quality teachers.
Second, there is a focus on school quality. Research on the Promise Academy demonstrated that flexibility in teacher recruitment and retention combined with improvements in pedagogical methods led to better outcomes. A common theme in the high-performing disadvantaged districts study is a focus on school quality, including maximizing student learning time and using data and coaching to improve instruction.
Third, support services for students and their families correlate with enhanced education outcomes. Students in the Boston Connects program receive individualized services that are associated with gains in achievement test scores and reductions in dropout rates. Meanwhile, providing a variety of student and family supports is a key strategy to advancing student outcomes in the Harlem Children’s Zone.
These examples indicate that closing achievement gaps is challenging, but possible. "It seems pretty obvious to me that the only way unlucky kids will thrive and succeed is if we help them even before they are born. ( ie Harlem Children's Zone, City Connects) Unfortunately I have little hope that it will happen. :-(
