Don't come to Massachusetts

Eric&Lisa wrote:

tdiller wrote:
...Many schools already have some form of online learning.....

Setting the virus aside for just a moment... This could turn in to a big experiment for our education system. Kids do class from home. Do kids learn just as well as they did in the classroom? If so, post-virus the question comes up...Why do we need to send kids to a physical school?

(Not trying to debate the validity of our current school system, just saying this virus is providing an all-hands-on-deck case study for remote learning.)

-Eric

Kids need social interaction as well, and don't forget sports and Phys ED. But, I thought the same thing as you regarding home learning. However, it could be core-subjects that need less interaction - math, history, English, etc. Then place certain days aside for the social and physical competition. We'd need less teachers - not so good - or smaller classes per teacher - better, BETTER.

I see that kind of learning base in our future ... plus, our kids are safer at home, than in some schools - as some recent history has taught us ...

Close some older schools and rotate same grade kids into newer schools on alternate days, with better internal security as well. Less schools, less cops required in schools, better use of newer school facilities. More cops on the streets where they better serve the community.