There’s been a LOT of angst about schools reopening in the fall.  A lot of families are demanding their kids be in a classroom all day, five days a week - and it appears that’s where things are headed across most public school districts. The thing is ...not everybody DOES want that. There are still concerns about the virus, but there’s OTHER issues that have come up during this year of zoom school. Of 500 Los Angeles Unified parents surveyed, 96 were black….and of that number, a little less than half of them said they did not send their kids back to school this SPRING because they were “concerned about bullying, racism, and low academic standards for Black children at school.” 

Guest:
Tyrone Howard, Professor of Education at UCLA

There&rsquo;s been a LOT of angst about schools reopening in the fall.&nbsp; A lot of families are demanding their kids be in a classroom all day, five days a week - and it appears that&rsquo;s where things are headed across most public school districts. The thing is ...not everybody DOES want that. There are still concerns about the virus, but there&rsquo;s OTHER issues that have come up during this year of zoom school.&nbsp;Of 500 Los Angeles Unified parents surveyed, 96 were black&hellip;.and of that number, a little less than half of them said they did not send their kids back to school this SPRING because they were &ldquo;concerned about bullying, racism, and low academic standards for Black children at school.&rdquo;&nbsp;
Guest:
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<li>Tyrone Howard, Professor of Education at UCLA</li>
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