HOW READY ARE OUR BASIC EDUCATION SCHOOLS FOR SCHOOL OPENING UNDER A NEW NORMAL?

Juan Miguel Luz Luz                                                         Analysis                                                                                                                                                   Published in Rappler, July 27, 2020                                                                                                                                                                             Basic education schools in the Philippines are scheduled to open no later than August 24, 2020 with a major difference – there will be no face-to-face classes in areas where the Covid-19 pandemic infection rate is high and limited face-to-face classes

Reading Finds

Homer-Dixon, Thomas.  The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity, and the Renewal of Civilization.  Toronto: Vintage Canada, 2006 If there is one bright side to the current quarantine/lockdown period of this pandemic, it is that working from home frees up a lot of commute time.  All of a sudden, we aren’t so rushed to be anywhere

School Opening 2020: Immediate Concerns, Longer Term Structural Reforms

Juan Miguel Luz Analysis (published in Rappler, July 20, 2020) We are preparing for school opening scheduled for late August 2020.   We know there will be a major disruption in the education system.  But in fact, we will need to prepare for three disruptions in basic education (K-12) over three time periods. Disruption 1 –