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Sometimes I do things just because it might make a good article. Or a newsletter. Or a blog post.
When I was writing regularly for education publications, I was always scouring social media and talking to sources to find fresh ideas about schools. At the beginning of 2022, the covid crisis was over and schools were open — all great news — but schools were reeling from a huge staffing crisis. Many teachers left, because they didn’t want to go back in the classroom. And schools couldn’t find workers for their lowest wage jobs — bus drivers, substitute teachers, and classroom aides. Those folks suddenly made more money working in Amazon warehouses and making coffee in Starbucks, so they all quit.
So, I decided to get my substitute license to see if the process for getting the license was also discouraging people. Might make a good article, I thought.
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Thirty years ago I complained to the principal of our elementary school that, by showing the kids Disney movies during rainy recesses, the school was robbing us parents of the pleasure of watching them with our children. Plus, getting them too used to defaulting to screens anytime there was a glitch in their schedules.
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Tablets can be really, really bad. The teachers can’t see what the kids are doing with them and the kids have access to games.
A friend’s kid is in public middle school and her kid was on his way, way too much during the school day. (He fessed up.)
AmyP
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