ABCFT - YOUnionews - February 19, 2021
KEEPING YOU INFORMED - Negotiations Update By Ruben Mancillas
School reopening has been the dominant theme of recent negotiations although other issues such as a second-semester secondary grading policy, compensation for the 2020-2021 school year, and a calendar for the 2021-2022 school year are on the agenda as well.
As we are all too aware, school reopening has been a contested discussion at the federal, state, and local levels. We have a new President of the United States who has made school reopening a focus of his incoming administration. We have a Governor of the state of California who presented an initial plan for reopening and has been in negotiations with the legislature and many other groups to come to a viable compromise. And for those who were able to attend Tuesday night’s board meeting, we could hear the political pressure and divergence of opinion present in our own ABCUSD community too.
And it is we educators who are on the front lines of this debate. ABCFT is at the negotiating table with the district but also monitoring the latest information from the state and the county that literally seems to offer new guidelines with each passing day. We received a communication from Dr. Sieu on Tuesday morning which explained to families that the L.A. County Department of Public Health reported that the county had met the requirements for schools to reopen safely. She noted that TK-2 and small cohorts of students with special needs would be the first to return followed by grades 3-6. Just this afternoon, a deal was reported to have been reached with California legislators that offered 6.5 billion in additional funding to assist with a safe reopening targeted for April. See this article from Cal Matters.
ABCFT has been consistent in our emphasis on health and safety at the bargaining table. We are talking about hybrid schedules and instructional minutes so that parents have an accurate assessment of just what “reopening” looks like in a practical sense but we always return to questions regarding access to vaccination or additional sick days.
A survey was sent out yesterday by ABCFT to our elementary teachers regarding hybrid models. We understand that we have incomplete details about all aspects of what potential schedules may be at this time but we will use this data to help guide us in negotiations. Hybrid schedules will then be voted on as part of a reopening MOU and parents will be surveyed using these models to determine how many students will actually choose to participate in person.
The negotiating team is committed to keeping you informed throughout this entire process. Thank you for your communication and input. Please take the time to care for yourself, mentally and physically, as we prepare for the rest of our ever-evolving school year.
In Unity,
MEMBER ONLY RESOURCES - Black History Month Using First Book
Black History Month Books for All Ages
In 2020, educators and avid readers collectively recognized the urgency of reading anti-racist books and exercising self-education. It was apparent, perhaps more so than other years, why Black stories matter, especially in the classroom. While, in 2021 and beyond, recognizing Black pain and struggle remains an important focus, the curators of the First Book Marketplace for educators also work to strike a balance—highlighting books that celebrate Black joy, excellence, and progress.
Lori Prince, director of merchandising at First Book shared, “We want to make sure that all readers see the full breadth of the Black experience, not just stories of trauma and oppression.”
We may celebrate Black History Month in February, but Black history is now—this minute, this year, this decade. Give readers of any age the tools they need to learn more with First Book’s 28 books for 28 days, a hand-picked selection of fantastic reads, designed especially for educators.
Looking for more suggestions for Black History Month Books? First Book adds new books to the Marketplace weekly. Visit often to see what new books we’ve added to our selection of titles about Black history, books featuring African American characters and cultures, and books by African American authors and illustrators.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT - Black History Month
Below is an opportunity for those interested in discussing with ABC students and ABC community members the screening of the movie - The Work.
Topic: Black History Month Screening/Discussion - The Work
Time: Feb 19, 2021 07:30 PM
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/
KEEPING YOU INFORMED - Elementary Teachers Survey
Yesterday, elementary teachers received the ABCFT in-person hybrid instructional delivery survey to provide information for ABCFT leadership as we negotiate the return of in-person school. Thank you to the over 250 elementary teachers for providing your feedback. If you haven’t already done so, please complete the brief five-question survey by accessing it in your email.
The in-person hybrid survey window is now open and closes at noon on Monday, February 23rd.
TOSA TIDBITS
Google Meet Updates by David Franklin, TOSA
As Google continues to upgrade its Meet features, we would like to share a few challenges teachers are experiencing along the way. As the “GridView” extension became more glitchy, it became necessary to deactivate or remove it entirely. Without use of the extension, teachers are sharing concerns that a few features that made teaching virtually go more smoothly, are sorely missed.
1. Meet’s Tile View does not show students in alphabetical order as it did in “GridView”. This makes taking attendance much more difficult.
2. Names disappear in Tile View unlike in “GridView” which stay on. It is more challenging to call on students when videos are off and only student icons are visible without their names.
3. *While in presentation mode with Tiled View set to view the max visible (49), an entire class is not visible... even while using a second device. The problem is worsened if opening the chat or people panels. Monitoring student engagement or understanding is very difficult while sharing instructional content when the whole class is not readily visible.
We hope that Google can quickly improve upon these features in their Meet App, however, it is important to let them know that we need these changes. Please share your concern with them in the "Report a Problem" option while in a GMeets. When more reports are made, the concern becomes prioritized.
We also can suggest a temporary workaround for the last concern listed (#3). *You can use the Zoom function on the browser to get it to show more tiles while you present as shown above.
Click the 3 dot menu button in the top right corner of your Chrome window
Click the minus (-) button in the Zoom row to go down to 80% or even lower depending on your class size
(Or use “Command” + “-” on Mac Keyboard)
Please note: This will also make the text smaller on the Meet page, so you may need to reset the zoom when no longer presenting.
MEMBER BENEFITS - WELLNESS WEDNESDAYS
Maintaining our mental health and well-being is important for all of us. ABCFT will be offering Wellness Wednesdays from 3:00 to 3:30 pm members will have an opportunity to virtually participate in Guided Meditation and Chair Yoga. These weekly sessions will give members a chance to practice self-care.
In partnership with Kaiser Permanente, you can also access mindfulness resources for all ABCFT members. For Kaiser members, you have free access to the app Calm and myStrength which offers personalized self-care programs based on the cognitive behavioral therapy model. Please be kind to yourself and find time in your busy schedule to take care of yourself.
This week, Donna focuses on a healthy relationship with food by describing how the use of food as medicine can support a healthy mind and body. Participants practice Tai Chi with a flow of movements that support balance and flexibility.
The session closes with a quote from Henry David Thoreau,
“What is called genius is the abundance of life and health.”
ABCFT PRESIDENT’S REPORT - Ray Gaer
Communication is a union’s most important tool for advocating for its members at the bargaining table. Every conversation with the membership is focused on the end result of negotiating for the future prosperity and wellbeing of ABCFT members. This weekly report aims to keep the membership informed about issues that impact their working/learning conditions and their mental well-being. Together we make the YOUnion.
My computer sounds like a helicopter ready to take off because my fan is spinning so loudly. Can you relate? The state of my computer fan overheating is about where we are with the opening of schools in California, it’s pretty nuts but FINALLY, there is a plan. We are still digesting what has been proposed but it looks like the deadline for reopening schools in some capacity with additional funding is April 15th. My hope is that by next week we will have a solid plan that will allow affected members to vote to approve. The ABC School Board at this point is pushing for secondary sports to begin again but it is just a matter of time before the roar of the community will compel them to push hard for an opening date.
My computer is delaying this weeks YOUnionews so I’m going to cut it short. ABCFT will share early next week whatever documents we get from CFT about the new California reopening schools plan. Details will be coming very soon. Thank you for all the voices, chat messages, survey answers, emails, and phone calls over the past few weeks. They have been helpful in guiding the ABCFT leadership. Okay, the helicopter is taking off again……
Have a good weekend.
In Unity,
Ray Gaer
President, ABCFT
CALIFORNIA FEDERATION OF TEACHERS
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AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS
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----- NEWS STORY HIGHLIGHT-----
Newsom, legislators at odds over schools plan
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday criticized a legislative proposal to begin opening more elementary campuses in April, a plan he said fell short as negotiations between him and lawmakers have so far failed to result in a compromise. The plan would require county health departments to make COVID-19 vaccinations available to school employees who will work on campus but does not explicitly say doses would be offered to staff before in-person learning resumes. It would require all schools to offer optional in-person instruction to vulnerable groups of students in K-12 by April 15th, including youth, homeless students, English learners, those without access to distance learning tools, and those at risk of abuse, neglect, or exploitation. Furthermore, schools in counties with fewer than seven new daily coronavirus cases per 100,000 residents would at that date be required to offer in-person instruction to all students in grades K-6. By formally filing the plan in both the Senate and Assembly on Thursday, Assemblyman Phil Ting (D-San Francisco) told reporters that lawmakers set the stage for a vote as early as Monday. However, Newsom has repeatedly argued against guaranteed vaccinations for teachers before in-person education resumes, saying the state does not currently have enough supply to inoculate teachers without pushing older and vulnerable Californians down the priority list. “While the Legislature’s proposal represents a step in the right direction, it doesn’t go far enough or fast enough. I look forward to building on the growing momentum to get our schools open and continuing discussions with the Legislature to get our kids back in school as safely and quickly as possible,” he said in a written statement.
Los Angeles Times San Francisco Chronicle San Luis Obispo Tribune The Press Democrat
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Questions remain about CDC’s school reopening guidance
Superintendents continue to wrestle with the finer points about opening schools and how to put into action the lengthy guidance released last week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. On Wednesday, close to 400 district leaders attended a conference call hosted jointly by federal officials and AASA, the School Superintendents Association, to press the CDC for more information. Questions raised during the meeting included what should be done if physical distancing recommendations, which are currently six feet, cannot be met; what to do when CDC guidelines conflict with state recommendations; what to do about the multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, and new, highly contagious COVID-19 variants. There are also issues regarding classroom ventilation, which Richard Corsi, the dean of engineering and computer science at Portland State University and an expert on indoor air quality, said is given lip service with little guidance.” Studies find that opening windows and doors can help replace the concentration of air inside more quickly—but how quickly depends on whether there are multiple openings available to provide better airflow. One new study of the coronavirus in buildings found that because of the viruses’ transmissibility and tendency to hang in the air over time, administrators may not be able to rely on the normal rate of airflow from their ventilation systems to clear virus particles from the air.
New federal money to aid COVID-19 testing in schools
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will work with the Department of Defense to expand COVID-19 testing in schools, creating “regional coordinating centers” to help boost lab capacity. Carol Johnson, the testing coordinator for the White House response team, explained that the centers will identify labs that have the ability to process more tests and pairing them with schools and congregate facilities like homeless shelters that have unmet testing needs. “While this funding will serve only as a pilot until President Joe Biden’s relief plan is enacted, we want to work quickly to help get support underway in these priority settings,” she added. Public health officials have said broader testing efforts could help schools ensure safe in-person learning during the pandemic. New guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that weekly testing of students and staff can be helpful tool, especially in areas with high rates of COVID-19 in surrounding communities.
'Non-workable' to vaccinate teachers before schools open, says Fauci
Anthony Fauci said Wednesday that vaccinating all teachers against Covid-19 before reopening schools is a "non-workable" proposition. “You should try to get as many teachers as you possibly can be vaccinated as quickly as you possibly can,” said Fauci, the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser. “But to make it a sine qua non that you don’t open a school until every teacher is vaccinated, I think is not workable, and probably most of the teachers would agree with that.”
Biden wants K-8 schools open five days a week
President Joe Biden says he wants a “significant percentage” of K-8 schools to reopen five days a week within his first 100 days in office. In a town-hall meeting in Milwaukee on Tuesday, televised by CNN, the President also urged that teachers be vaccinated to speed the return to in-person learning. “We should move them up in the hierarchy,” he said. White House press secretary Jen Psaki said last week that the administration’s pledge to reopen most K-8 schools by the end of 100 days would be satisfied by having in-person instruction at least one day a week in most schools by then. Quizzed about the comments, Mr. Biden said this had been a “mistake in the communications,” adding he had been pushing for opening most K-8 schools, which he called “the easiest to open, the most needed to be open.” The President has proposed $130 billion in funds for K-12 schools in his $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan, now before Congress, money that would go to school districts to pay for reducing class sizes to accommodate social distancing, improving ventilation, hiring more janitors, and providing more personal protective equipment.
CDC: Schools can reopen without vaccinating teachers
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that schools can safely open even if teachers have not been given COVID-19 vaccinations, as long as a range of precautions are in place. The new guidance, which includes a 35-page strategy guide for the safe reopening of schools along with an 11-page review of the science, says that middle and high schools can safely operate in person at all but the highest level of transmission, which is defined in two ways: when 10% or more of the coronavirus tests in a community come back positive over a seven-day period; or when there are 100 or more virus cases per 100,000 people in the community over seven days. Middle and high schools may open at any level of community spread if they conduct weekly coronavirus testing of students and staff members. The agency also recommended that at higher levels of community spread, all schools reduce attendance by having students come to class on different days or by having some groups of students learn virtually. The agency highlighted five mitigation strategies, saying they all help prevent virus transmission but are more effective if used together: the wearing of masks by students, teachers, and staffers; ensuring at least six feet of distance between people to the greatest extent possible; hand-washing; the proper cleaning of facilities; and contact-tracing when exposures occur, combined with quarantining people who may have been exposed. “All community members, students, families, teachers, and school staff must do their part to protect each other and reduce the level of COVID-19, in their community,” said CDC Director Rochelle Walensky. She also stated as more is understood about the novel coronavirus, CDC may have to revisit this guidance. National union leaders praised the guidance, suggesting they plan to use it to push for stricter safety measures. Becky Pringle, president of the National Education Association, called the guidance a “good first step,” but argued that schools often lack the resources to follow the CDC’s guidelines. “Many schools, especially those attended by Black, brown, indigenous, and poor white students, have severely outdated ventilation systems and no testing or tracing programs,” she said in a statement. “State and local leaders cannot pick and choose which guidelines to follow and which students get resources to keep them safe.”
New York Times Washington Post Washington Examiner The Hill Education Week K-12 Dive Chalkbeat
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Bay Area Residents Call For Resignation Of School Board Members After They Disparage Parents
The San Francisco Chronicle (2/18, Flores) reports Oakley Unified Elementary School District board members “were caught making disparaging comments about parents” before a virtual meeting Wednesday that they believed was private. Board member Lisa Brizendine “said parents often forget that board members are also parents and community members when writing letters complaining about school reopenings.” She told her fellow members, “They don’t know what goes on behind the scenes and it’s really unfortunate they want to pick on us because they want their babysitters back.” The video was uploaded on YouTube, “where parents expressed outrage over the comments.”
The Washington Times (2/18, Chasmar) reports board member Richie Masadas joked that his brother had a medical marijuana service and “the clientele were parents with their kids in school.” Later in the meeting, board member Kim Beede asked her fellow board members, “Are we alone?” before ranting against an unidentified online critic. “B——, if you’re going to call me out, I’m gonna f—- you up,” she said. “Sorry, that’s just me.”
Politico (2/18, Mays) reports the video shows Beede being notified that the meeting is being recorded live, who then says, “Uh-oh.” The board members then scramble to turn off their videos, as Brizendine says “Nuh-uh.” Superintendent Greg Hetrick was also on the call, “but did not participate in the conversation much.” He released an apology Thursday on behalf of the district, calling the comments “unfortunate and truly inappropriate.”
The Washington Post (2/19, Farzan) reports the fallout from the leaked video “was swift.” Parents protested with a “Zoom out” and kept their children out of remote classes Thursday. Brizendine also resigned. As of Friday morning, “an online petition calling for the other board members to follow suit or be recalled had received more than 4,200 signatures.”
Also providing coverage are SFGate (CA) (2/18), Fox News (2/18), Fox News (2/18, Fordham), and Fox News (2/18, Fordham).
California public schools suffer record enrollment drop
California’s K-12 public-school enrollment has precipitously declined during the pandemic, dropping by a record 155,000 students, according to new state projections. That drop-off is about five times greater than California’s annual rate of enrollment decline in recent years. Education advocates say the enrollment drop is likely due to various factors, such as families withholding enrolling their children in kindergarten to a higher-than-usual rate of student dropouts. The state has also found that students who generate supplemental and concentration grant funding through the Local Control Funding Formula “are declining in enrollment at a higher rate than their peers, statewide.” That, advocates said, is partially due to a year of unreliable data collection: Because the federal government relaxed eligibility in free- or reduced-priced meal programs, some families might not have filled out the paperwork the state relies on to determine state funding. The California Department of Education plans to publish more detailed enrollment data later this spring.
Gov. Newsom announces launch of Safe Schools Reopening Map
As a part of statewide efforts to safely reopen schools, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the launch of the Safe Schools Reopening Map on Saturday. The interactive map, available at the Safe Schools for All Hub, provides the status of statewide school reopenings in order to provide data to local communities and ensure transparency, according to a press release from the governor’s office. Developed by the governor’s office in partnership with the California Collaborative for Educational Excellence and county offices of education, it displays information for the public, private and charter schools. This includes each school’s reopening status, COVID-19 support policies, and safety protocols, the press release added. Along with the hub, the State Safe Schools Team, a cross-agency team composed of experts from CDPH, Cal/OSHA, and educational agencies, will continue to provide support to schools reopening, offering services such as PPE distribution, and connecting schools with state COVID-19 testing resources.
LA County elementary schools are cleared to fully open
Los Angeles County elementary school campuses are cleared to fully reopen for the first time in nearly a year because of dropping coronavirus rates, health officials confirmed Monday night. “L.A. County has officially reached the State’s threshold for reopening elementary schools. Starting tomorrow, schools can reopen” if they have submitted and posted the necessary paperwork with county and state officials, County Supervisor Janice Hahn tweeted. On Monday, the official daily rate was at 20 cases per 100,000, below the key threshold of 25 cases per 100,000. The milestone will not result in an immediate reopening of campuses in Los Angeles USD, as officials and the teachers’ union are still in negotiations over what a return to campus would look like.
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Los Angeles Unified eliminates one-third of police officers
The Los Angeles USD Board of Education voted yesterday to cut 133 police positions, representing 35% of the district’s police force. The unanimous decision comes after a year-long campaign by student activists and community members to reimagine the school police force, which they maintain disproportionately targets Black and Latino children. Tuesday’s vote was the result of months of meetings on how best to reconfigure public safety in the district, which serves about 650,000 students. The resulting plan eliminates 70 sworn officers, who have arrest powers, 62 non-sworn officers, and one support staff member, leaving 211 officers on the district’s force. Officers at secondary schools in Los Angeles will be replaced with “climate coaches” from the community who will mentor students, help resolve conflicts and address implicit bias. The board also elected to ban the use of pepper spray on students and divert $25 million to programs supporting students of color. “We would not be at this point, though it is delayed admittedly, without the community’s leadership,” said board President Kelly Gonez. “I’m glad that the plan’s development also provided an opportunity for more engagement with our students, families, and the broader community.” A coalition of about 19 student activist and advocacy groups - including Black Lives Matter, the Community Coalition, InnerCity Struggle, and the California Assn. of Black School Educators - praised the action. “This plan enacts a long-standing community demand for Counselors not Cops, and is a first step towards replacing school police with more effective strategies for student safety,” the organizations said in a statement. “This victory is a crucial step towards mitigating the years of disinvestment and ending the criminalization and over-policing of Black students and students of color in LAUSD.”
Los Angeles Times New York Times CBS Los Angeles
----- CLASSROOM -----
Polls suggest most parents satisfied with children’s instruction
New data indicates that a surprising share of parents say their child is getting the kind of instruction they want. Two new, nationally representative polls of American families offer the most detailed look yet at parent sentiment during a long period of educational disruption. They show that parents’ preferences are varied, with the largest group wanting their child to learn from home full-time and substantial numbers preferring either part- or full-time in-person school. One poll, the University of Southern California’s Understanding America Study, found that three-quarters of parents said their child was receiving the type of instruction they wanted, although 15% wanted more in-person instruction. Similarly, a separate survey from the National Parents Union, found that approximately two-thirds of public school parents were getting the kind of schooling that they preferred for their children; around one in five parents wanted more in-person instruction, while about one in 10 wanted less.
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S.F. city attorney to challenge district’s vaccination demands
San Francisco’s elementary schools can and should reopen immediately based on county health guidelines and irrespective of labor agreements with the school district, City Attorney Dennis Herrera said in a letter to the school district’s contracted attorney Thursday. In the letter, he argues that the recent tentative agreement that requires vaccinations for teachers and staff before a return to school in the state’s red tier is not legal and that he will challenge it in court on March 22nd.
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CA teachers retiring early because of COVID-19, online learning
More California teachers are retiring than at any point since the Great Recession, with many of those decisions motivated by the COVID-19 pandemic. More than 3,200 retired in the second half of 2020, a 26% increase over that same period in 2019, according to a blog post by the California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS). Sixty-two percent did so earlier than planned; of those, 56% said that they did so because of the challenges of teaching during a pandemic, and more than a third (35%) said that they did not want to continue working remotely or did not want to risk exposure to COVID-19. CalSTRS said that if current trends continue, the 2020-21 fiscal year will see just shy of 16,000 retirements. The largest-ever number of service retirements was in the fiscal year 2009-10 when more than 16,000 teachers retired following the global financial crisis of 2008.
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Increased online access boosts achievement
A new study from the University of Notre Dame published in the Journal of Marketing Research has identified a correlation between increased internet access spending in school districts and improvements in academic performance, as well as potential disciplinary consequences. The research, which looked at data from more than 9,000 public schools in Texas between 2000 to 2014, as well as surveys of 3,924 parents, found a $600,000 increase in annual internet access spending could produce a financial gain of approximately $820,000 to $1.8 million from test score increases, though losses from disciplinary problems could cost schools between $25,800 to $53,440 from lower attendance rates and administrative expenses related to suspensions and expulsions. Lead author Yixing Chen said: “The positive synergy between this and household internet access suggests districts’ efforts to incentivize and help parents obtain access can be a good way to help their students but must be coupled with better strategies for mitigating any negative unintended consequences.” He plans to expand his research into a benchmark database that includes data on public school performance metrics, finances, and school and neighborhood characteristics, in addition to working with nonprofit GreatSchools to improve K-12 strategic planning.
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President Biden rejects student loan forgiveness plan
President Joe Biden has rejected a proposal to cancel $50,000 in student debt, stating he doesn’t want to forgive the debts of people who attended elite schools such as Harvard and Yale who often go on to make high salaries and added that he would instead prioritize childhood education for disadvantaged communities. “I’m prepared to write off $10,000 debt, but not 50, because I don’t think I have the authority to do it by signing” an executive order, Biden said. The president further said that families who make less than $125,000 and whose kids go to a state university should attend for free. He also expressed support for repaying debt as a portion of one’s salary.
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Shifting sports guidelines leave districts mulling options
New school reopening guidelines published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have schools questioning whether sports should resume, especially indoors. The guidelines suggest in areas with high coronavirus transmission rates, athletic events should only take place if they can be done outdoors and with a physical distance of 6 feet or more. Despite guidelines, different jurisdictions have different rules. For example, Louisiana had both fall and winter sports, as did Pittsburgh, with an interruption in December and January. In California, meanwhile, the California Interscholastic Federation updated a bylaw that now forbids student-athletes from participating in both school and club sports at the same time. This is due to the idea that athletes and coaches should be in only one "cohort" so as not to further the spread of the virus if one becomes infected. The National Federation of State High School Associations released new information earlier this month that classifies non-contact outdoor sports as showing the lowest risk of transmission.
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School closures could stunt economic growth
U.S. school closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic may end up stunting U.S. economic growth over the long term by reducing the number of college-educated workers and increasing the number of high-school dropouts. A new paper from the San Francisco Federal Reserve bank, based on a study published last year estimating that school closures could result in fewer children earning a bachelor’s degree, projects that the subsequent decline in overall educational attainment could trim annual U.S. output by an average of a quarter of a percentage point over the next 70 years. The hit to GDP would peak in 2045, at just shy of $150bn in that single year, the researchers estimated. “Disruptions to children’s learning today can have a persistent and large impact on the production capacity of the economy and harm future growth,” wrote economists John Fernald, Huiyu Li, and Micthell Ochse. “The long-run effects of learning disruptions on the economy will depend crucially on how fast the economy recovers, which will impact how much lost education during the pandemic can be remediated.”
NTA Life Insurance - An ABCFT Sponsor
About three years ago ABCFT started a working relationship with National Teachers Associates Life Insurance Company. Throughout our partnership, NTA has been supportive of ABCFT activities by sponsorship and prizes for our various events. This organization specializes in providing insurance for educators across the nation. We have been provided both data and member testimonials about how pleased they have been with the NTA products and the opportunity to look at alternatives to the district insurance choice.
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