A discussion about what public education means in the United States of America during a global pandemic, recorded on July 18th, 2020. Listen as we get schooled by Vice President of the Denver Public Schools Board and Colorado House of Representatives District 7 Candidate, Director Jennifer Bacon. Then Dr. Tania Reis, Associate Professor at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus gives us insight into being a scientist, immigrant and mother of two DPS students during these unprecedented times.
2:50 - Dr. Tania Reis introduction
5:00 - Director Jennifer Bacon introduction
10:00 - Public schools make rocket scientists
12:00 - How opening decisions were made
19:35 - The ‘rona is amplifying inequities
20:40 - What about the teachers?
24:00 - How Portugal handled the data
26:30 - Quaran-team pods
29:00 - What schools do for this city
32:30 - “I know what’s at stake!”
37:30 - “Our mind set would have to shift”
39:00 - Antibacterial vs Antiviral memo
41:00 - Cultural shift away from meritocracy and individualism
42:30 - Neighborhood schools
47:20 - We all need to eat, even if it’s not the perfect diet
50:00 - Portugal’s Pie in the Sky
53:30 - All kids can learn, what differentiates them is access and “things”
56:40 - Local Elections Matter!
59:00 - School is not the salvation we think it will be
1:00:00 - We learned these same lessons with AIDs
1:04:20 - The great equalizer
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