Maryland still doesn't want to impose the ugly duty of appearing in classrooms on its vulnerable teacher population, so it sent the kids home again. But then, that was really hard on parents who needed to go to work, so Maryland opened "equity hubs," which are not, I repeat, not schools, but rooms where the kids can go sit at tables and do their virtual learning exercises.
What's that? No, of course these are not mere day-care babysitting facilities. The kids are doing schoolwork, I tell you, but now their parents don't have to supervise them while they do it. The teachers are on a screen someplace, working safely and remotely.
What's that? Yes, it does seem a lot to expect that order will be maintained and a big group of kids will pay attention to the teacher and do the work without any adults in the room, so we're providing "proctors." Presumably lower-paid, non-union adults who don't mind the overwhelming COVID threat to teacher-type adults.
As one commenter said, he's waiting to find out that the proctors are really teachers, who will get overtime pay.
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I mean, they're definitely not schools. Teaching is not even allegedly the purpose of them.
But it keeps those pesky parents from monitoring the content of the teachers’ lessons.
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