Originally Posted by
Buster
I would consider it, although I would also (as a member of the public) be somewhat, uh...deliberate...in how I handled teacher's pay as a result. If teachers think they should get full pay for a few hours of online teaching per week, then I think we need to have a hard discussion with the union. It seemed apparent to me in the spring, that the online resources for learning (Khan, etc), were far superior to what the CBE was going to be able to accomplish.
Teachers should be more concerned about how this impacts the public's view of how necessary they are. If we innovate around the teachers absence, it won't be good.
I said it quite early on: one of the victims in COVID is going to be the public's impression of public education.