Far more than simply posing the question, ‘to open or not to open,’ COVID-19 has forced a greater reckoning of what America seeks to accomplish with its education system. The virus has revealed the patchwork and antiquated nature of attendance-based school funding, the futility of using schools as feeding programs amid childhood hunger and the inadequacy of day care for working parents — particularly parents who are essential workers in a pandemic. These and other topics are discussed by this parent-student-educator panel.
This is the first episode in our new Urbānitūs Roundtable Series, we hope you enjoy and stay tuned for more.
Participants:
Laura Yeager – Director – Just Fund It TX
Lisa Flores – Parent and disability advocate
Roberto Germán – Co-Founder of Multicultural Classroom, Director of Middle School at Headwaters School
Lorena Germán – Activist, parent, and Co-Founder of Multicultural Classroom.
Nina Wilson – UT Professor and former Austin Independent School District Spanish Teacher
Natalie Suri – Senior at McCallum High School, Austin
Cuitlahuac Guerra – Physics teacher, Pfluegerville Schools
Robert Brehm – Associate Editor at Urbanitus, MPH candidate at University of Minnesota and LBJ School of Public Affairs Alumni
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