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Reopening presents additional challenges for Northern Ontario schools
Title (Dublin Core)
Reopening presents additional challenges for Northern Ontario schools
Description (Dublin Core)
"In one school, she said, there’s one full-time teacher, a part-time teacher and an education assistant. There’s no administrator, which raises a new host of problems during a pandemic.
“'When there’s no administrator on site, and a kid gets sick, what do you do?' Douglas said. 'Who’s gonna be responsible for that child?'
"But the barriers to remote learning are also greater up north, she said.
“'A lot of us don’t have Wi-Fi abilities at our homes,' Douglas said. 'We pay an exorbitant amount of money to get Wi-Fi. And for us to do online learning, it’s been a challenge for many members. I’ve had members who have paid upwards of $700 for their Wi-Fi, just to do the distance learning.'”
“'When there’s no administrator on site, and a kid gets sick, what do you do?' Douglas said. 'Who’s gonna be responsible for that child?'
"But the barriers to remote learning are also greater up north, she said.
“'A lot of us don’t have Wi-Fi abilities at our homes,' Douglas said. 'We pay an exorbitant amount of money to get Wi-Fi. And for us to do online learning, it’s been a challenge for many members. I’ve had members who have paid upwards of $700 for their Wi-Fi, just to do the distance learning.'”
education, K-12, northern, rural, accessibility, school, teachers, children
Date (Dublin Core)
July 13, 2020
Creator (Dublin Core)
Nicole Thompson
Michelle McQuigge
Contributor (Dublin Core)
Hope Gresser
Type (Dublin Core)
Article
Link (Bibliographic Ontology)
Source (Dublin Core)
The Canadian Press
Publisher (Dublin Core)
The Globe and Mail
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Education--K12
English
News coverage
English
Rural
English
Social Distance
Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
accessibility
school
teacher
student
children
Northern Ontario
Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)
education
K-12
northern
rural
accessibility
school
teachers
children
Collection (Dublin Core)
K-12
Rural Voices
Linked Data (Dublin Core)
Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
07/13/2020
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
08/07/2020
9/30/2020
10/06/2020
Date Created (Dublin Core)
07/13/2020
This item was submitted on July 13, 2020 by Hope Gresser using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: http://mail.covid-19archive.org/s/archive
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