There are a lot of things wrong in the district, but calling off school today wasn’t one of them. There was a very good chance the commute after school would put people at risk. Are people going to complain if Tuesday’s forecast of below zero temperatures and 25mph wind gusts trigger another remote day? I mean we’re talking about severe weather here.
I love this! Thank you. Unfortunately, I am unable to attend since it is during my working hours. Is this going to be recorded so that we can view it later?
Thank goodness the District cancelled classes today in anticipation of a 3 inch snowfall. I don't know how people could manage getting to school given the clear roads and manageable snow levels!
I appreciate having to figure out child care coverage at the last minute during a normal winter weather event during a Chicago January!
Private schools were cancelled too - but at least we were told last night.
Not to be an old grumpy guy but this is chicken shit, pre-covid we all would've 100% gone to work/school. I couldn't even find a bagel place open this morning!
I saw Beacon on the list. Roycemore seems to be open, though. But, yeah, this is ridiculous. It wasn't like the forecast ahead of time was that problematic.
This day of e-"learning" reminded me of the recent CPS inspector general report on the loss of millions of dollars of devices throughout the Chicago public schools. Did you see that Tom? I wonder what's happened in D65 in that regard?
I am a strong opponent of giving every kid a computer/ipad. The Equity Police jabber on about digital divides in the district or whatever. But all my kids seem to do on them is play games and search YouTube.
Apps like Youtube are designed to be addictive and the offer very little for an elementary kid in terms of educational content, unless you are highly monitoring them. I've never heard any argument that the devices are any better tools for teaching than books, pens, and paper.
In our experience with three elementary school kids, the teachers who use the devices the least seem to be the best and most effective educators. The inexperienced and "phone it in" teachers seem to rely on them more.
This technophilia pre-dates Horton, but I have never heard anyone offer even the slightest critique of using computers for young kids.
I am a computer programmer by trade, so I am certainly not a luddite. But at our house, I block the D65 devices from accessing our WiFi since all it brings is trouble.
It seems like all the proliferation does is enrich contractors, allow some teachers to get complacent, and give the administration some symbolic totem of 'education' the utility of which quickly dissolves when scrutinized.
IT contractors are the OG school board grifters. Don't forget that D65 took out *bond* money a few years ago to buy IT equipment and now can't take out any more bond money.
There are a lot of things wrong in the district, but calling off school today wasn’t one of them. There was a very good chance the commute after school would put people at risk. Are people going to complain if Tuesday’s forecast of below zero temperatures and 25mph wind gusts trigger another remote day? I mean we’re talking about severe weather here.
I love this! Thank you. Unfortunately, I am unable to attend since it is during my working hours. Is this going to be recorded so that we can view it later?
Yes there will definitely be a recording posted
Thank goodness the District cancelled classes today in anticipation of a 3 inch snowfall. I don't know how people could manage getting to school given the clear roads and manageable snow levels!
I appreciate having to figure out child care coverage at the last minute during a normal winter weather event during a Chicago January!
Private schools were cancelled too - but at least we were told last night.
Not to be an old grumpy guy but this is chicken shit, pre-covid we all would've 100% gone to work/school. I couldn't even find a bagel place open this morning!
I saw Beacon on the list. Roycemore seems to be open, though. But, yeah, this is ridiculous. It wasn't like the forecast ahead of time was that problematic.
This day of e-"learning" reminded me of the recent CPS inspector general report on the loss of millions of dollars of devices throughout the Chicago public schools. Did you see that Tom? I wonder what's happened in D65 in that regard?
I am a strong opponent of giving every kid a computer/ipad. The Equity Police jabber on about digital divides in the district or whatever. But all my kids seem to do on them is play games and search YouTube.
Apps like Youtube are designed to be addictive and the offer very little for an elementary kid in terms of educational content, unless you are highly monitoring them. I've never heard any argument that the devices are any better tools for teaching than books, pens, and paper.
In our experience with three elementary school kids, the teachers who use the devices the least seem to be the best and most effective educators. The inexperienced and "phone it in" teachers seem to rely on them more.
This technophilia pre-dates Horton, but I have never heard anyone offer even the slightest critique of using computers for young kids.
I am a computer programmer by trade, so I am certainly not a luddite. But at our house, I block the D65 devices from accessing our WiFi since all it brings is trouble.
It seems like all the proliferation does is enrich contractors, allow some teachers to get complacent, and give the administration some symbolic totem of 'education' the utility of which quickly dissolves when scrutinized.
IT contractors are the OG school board grifters. Don't forget that D65 took out *bond* money a few years ago to buy IT equipment and now can't take out any more bond money.