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Levels of COVID cases as well as levels of vaccinated individuals.
Community comfort with returning to in-person education.
Teaching contracts/union negotiations.
State Testing apparatuses.

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Middle-class white folx
Media
Political leaders
Venture philanthropists
Unions
Donors/interest groups
District administrators
Teachers
Parents
Students
Question: which of these are actually being heard?
CDC/Healthcare professionals

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mental health of students & parents is creating push for school reopening; deficit narratives around learning loss; communities weighing physical risks differently w/ BIPOC families expressing increased concern; push to continue testing and assessment; how many cases of COVID, vaccine distribution, access to healthcare; hesitancy of communities to take vaccine + cultural and religious practices; federal funding for school from CARES Act, infrastructure bill (technology access, school upgrades); opportunity is ripe for exploitation; demands on parents and families with work & their choices; majority white parents exerting their power to determine reopening plans, teachers unions having a say in decision-making, yet many instances of teachers voice being silenced or marginalized

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Infection rates
Vaccination availability
Standardized testing
Economic interests

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broader context of safety (disproportionate effect of pandemic on BIPOC communities, anti-Asian violence)

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Group 1: Students, teachers, and families will be updated about reopenings through a variety of channels

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Group 1: Students, teachers, and families will be updated about reopenings through a variety of channels

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Different states have different departments of education and have placed the authority to open or not at different levels. Sometimes these are voted positions. Sometimes they're appointed.

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Social framing of 2020-2021 "learning loss"

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1) Vaccination rates (in all communities- which can involve disparities in healthcare access and infrastructure)

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1) Vaccination rates (in all communities- which can involve disparities in healthcare access and infrastructure)

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Type of school (public vs private)

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Top-down
Unevenly
Hybrid as a supplement not a replacement - more flexibility in structure

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Political/media/social discourse

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Federal testing requirements