Six on Schools: Parents Learn to Respect Teachers Now That Children Are Home; Online Teaching Can Be Culturally Responsive; teachers search for positive ways to connect with isolated students; Reality - and dilemma - of NYC’s remote learning sets in;
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Online Teaching Can Be Culturally Responsive
"Spring musicals have been canceled or postponed, and some senior award dinners placed on hold. There are questions about the prom, and some wonder whether graduation ceremonies will be held at all.
The coronavirus is impacting the Class of 2020, a group of high school seniors who have been looking forward to these milestones. They say they understand why school is closed, but can't help feeling sad for what could have been.
Garden City High School senior Delaney McKenna, 17, is co-captain of the cheerleading squad and won a coach's award for her role. The celebratory dinner for the squad's winning record this year has been postponed. More than anything, she would like to finish out her final year at school.
"I want to spend my senior year with my friends and teachers who helped me get to where I am," she said. "It's disappointing, but important that everyone stays healthy."
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'I don’t know what that grading system should look like’: Reality - and dilemma - of NYC’s remote learning sets in
Teachers and school leaders across the country are struggling to maintain a semblance of structure and normalcy during remote learning while adapting to the approach’s many limitations. Grades are at the center of that debate.
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A model Google contract that has strong student privacy protections Posted: 31 Mar 2020 09:52 AM PDT  Slightly modified from Parent Coalition for Student Privacy blog. We have received many questions from parents and teachers over the last few weeks concerned about the privacy practices and policies of the various ed tech tools and programs being adopted hurriedly by schools and districts in the wake of the coronavirus crisis. One of the most widely used programs, even before many schools were shut down, was Google classroom or G-suite. We just received a copy of the model G-suite contract that upstate NY administrators negotiated this fall with Google that complies with NY State's student privacy law, Education § 2-d. Because of the relative strength of this law, New York state received a B-, the second highest grade of any state in our state privacy report card, . Parents in NYC and elsewhere in the state should ask their districts for a copy of their contract with Google Suite to see if it includes the same or similar privacy-protective provisions. If not, ask why, and whether their district can't simply opt into this one. If your NY district refuses to make available the contract upon request, you should remind them that they are required to post all contracts online that allow for the disclosure of student data, according the regulations promulgated by NY State Education Department in January. BOCES model contract with Google – G Suite 19-20 BOCES district Opt-In – Erie1 9.3.19 |
