New York Diwali Holiday: Congresswoman Graced Meng, a prominent American lawmaker, has also introduced a bill in the US Congress last month to declare Diwali a federal holiday
I agree, relationship building is what makes education impactful. In some states, substitute teaching is on call like that. In NY, subs are assigned to a school and work when there are absences. In NJ, subs can pick from a list of schools that will notify you the morning of for their availability. It is definitely not the greatest system, but it is already in effect, and can be used to cover teacher absences due to time off.
The teachers would still be there a majority of the time, it would just give them flexibility to take time off. And when kids are absent (at least when I was in school, which may be completely outdated as that was over a decade ago), you would just need to catch-up on your own.
I dislike the app approach to education. Shared suffering can make school fun, and as you implied can create BFFLs. With this approach, the kids will still be kept together with the same teachers but with greater flexibility on their time-off and without the imposition of ludricious camp fees and brain drain from summer that affects parents and kids respectively.
I agree, relationship building is what makes education impactful. In some states, substitute teaching is on call like that. In NY, subs are assigned to a school and work when there are absences. In NJ, subs can pick from a list of schools that will notify you the morning of for their availability. It is definitely not the greatest system, but it is already in effect, and can be used to cover teacher absences due to time off.
The teachers would still be there a majority of the time, it would just give them flexibility to take time off. And when kids are absent (at least when I was in school, which may be completely outdated as that was over a decade ago), you would just need to catch-up on your own.
I dislike the app approach to education. Shared suffering can make school fun, and as you implied can create BFFLs. With this approach, the kids will still be kept together with the same teachers but with greater flexibility on their time-off and without the imposition of ludricious camp fees and brain drain from summer that affects parents and kids respectively.