Elementary and Secondary Education

Baker denies ‘bullying’ school districts

Baker denies ‘bullying’ school districts

Continues push for in-person education

By Shira Schoenberg Charlie Baker, COVID-19, Elementary and Secondary Education 0 Comments Sep 24, 2020

GOV. CHARLIE BAKER on Thursday continued to push schools to bring students back in person while denying allegations by the state’s largest teachers union that his administration is “bullying” local districts. “If you are a low-risk district, and you’ve been a low-risk district for eight weeks, and you have no plan to return to in-person(...)

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A new vision for equitable learning

Core tenets for a high-quality education

education reform schools

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Police need to be removed from our schools

Black and Hispanic students get arrested far more often

Districts coming up short on reporting school-based arrests

Major discrepancies arise between reported and actual data

Sarah Betancourt

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Role of school nurses expands during pandemic

CommonWealth Staff

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Role of school nurses expands during pandemic

Oversee medical waiting rooms for those with symptoms

Sarah Betancourt

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Parent frustration about schools is rising

CommonWealth Staff

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Parent frustration about schools is rising

‘Families cannot live in a state of uncertainty’

education reform schools

<img width="600" height="600" alt="education reform schools" loading="lazy" data-srcset="https://commonwealthmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/FixingSchoolsIllustration-600x600.jpg 600w, https://commonwealthmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/FixingSchoolsIllustration-150x150.jpg 150w, https://commonwealthmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/FixingSchoolsIllustration-300x300.jpg 300w, https://commonwealthmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/FixingSchoolsIllustration-32x32.jpg 32w, https://commonwealthmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/FixingSchoolsIllustration-50x50.jpg 50w, https://commonwealthmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/FixingSchoolsIllustration-64x64.jpg 64w, https://commonwealthmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/FixingSchoolsIllustration-96x96.jpg 96w, https://commonwealthmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/FixingSchoolsIllustration-128x128.jpg 128w" data-src="https://commonwealthmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/FixingSchoolsIllustration-600x600.jpg" data-sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" class="attachment-medium-RETINA size-medium-RETINA wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="600" height="600" alt="education reform schools" loading="lazy" data-srcset="https://commonwealthmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/FixingSchoolsIllustration-600x600.jpg 600w, https://commonwealthmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/FixingSchoolsIllustration-150x150.jpg 150w, https://commonwealthmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/FixingSchoolsIllustration-300x300.jpg 300w, https://commonwealthmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/FixingSchoolsIllustration-32x32.jpg 32w, https://commonwealthmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/FixingSchoolsIllustration-50x50.jpg 50w, https://commonwealthmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/FixingSchoolsIllustration-64x64.jpg 64w, https://commonwealthmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/FixingSchoolsIllustration-96x96.jpg 96w, https://commonwealthmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/FixingSchoolsIllustration-128x128.jpg 128w" data-src="https://commonwealthmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/FixingSchoolsIllustration-600x600.jpg" data-sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" class="attachment-medium-RETINA size-medium-RETINA wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="600" height="600" src="https://commonwealthmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/FixingSchoolsIllustration-600x600.jpg" class="attachment-medium-RETINA size-medium-RETINA wp-post-image" alt="education reform schools" loading="lazy" srcset="https://commonwealthmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/FixingSchoolsIllustration-600x600.jpg 600w, https://commonwealthmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/FixingSchoolsIllustration-150x150.jpg 150w, https://commonwealthmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/FixingSchoolsIllustration-300x300.jpg 300w, https://commonwealthmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/FixingSchoolsIllustration-32x32.jpg 32w, https://commonwealthmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/FixingSchoolsIllustration-50x50.jpg 50w, https://commonwealthmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/FixingSchoolsIllustration-64x64.jpg 64w, https://commonwealthmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/FixingSchoolsIllustration-96x96.jpg 96w, https://commonwealthmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/FixingSchoolsIllustration-128x128.jpg 128w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" />

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Shira Schoenberg

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70% of school districts adopt some in-person learning

Hybrid models, mixing in person and remote, most popular

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Curtatone, Novick slam state guidance on reopening

CommonWealth Staff

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Curtatone, Novick slam state guidance on reopening

Say Baker’s new color-coded map is too little, too late

Shira Schoenberg

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A third path for Boston’s School Committee

No to appointees, electeds – go with stakeholders

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Contact tracing could be challenge for schools

CommonWealth Staff

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Contact tracing could be challenge for schools

Public transport, vague tracing efforts have some worried

Sarah Betancourt

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Lack of leadership on school reopenings

Baker should have started earlier with facts, science

Data indicate spread of COVID-19 accelerating

Number of moderate, high-risk communities rises 40%

Not every school district is buying Baker’s guidance

Local officials say more goes into reopening decisions than a colored map

Shira Schoenberg

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Baker says most kids can return to in-person learning

Says data indicate only 33 towns should do remote-only education

What is a ‘hybrid’ education plan?

Details depend on the individual school district

Shira Schoenberg

Schools need to sign up now for fed food program

Initiative provides free breakfast and lunch

Baker backs in-person learning in most towns

Says facts, data, and science are on his side

Under any in-person school plan, buses are a problem

Even with hybrid model, more school buses needed for safe student transport

Sarah Betancourt