Mar 15, 2020

Here's what happening in schools...[subject to change]

We asked the FinLit Fanatics group (join this amazing group of 3800+ teachers) a question on Friday and by Sunday evening we had more than 500 responses. 

The question: What is the current situation at your school? 

Results:

  • School open/no announcement about closing at this time: 35% (189) 
  • School closed/will be closing, Teaching online only: 34% (180)
  • School closed/will be closing; providing no or low-tech assignments AND teaching online: 18% (98)
  • School closed/will be closing; no teaching during closure:  9% (48)
  • School closed/will be closing; will be providing no or low-tech assignments: ONLY 4%  (22)

Takeaways:

  • Roughly 1/3 of schools were still planning to remain open as of last Friday; my hunch is that by mid-week those schools will be closed too based on some recent large districts (NY and LA) that announced closures
  • Among the schools that will teaching remotely, the highest percentage will be teaching online ONLY (34%) with the next highest percentage teaching both online and with no or low-tech solutions (18%). 
  • About 1 in 11 (9%) schools will be closing with no plans to teach students during the closure. 

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NGPF has added a Virtual PD series this week focused on Teaching Remotely. Read more about it here. 

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Tim's saving habits started at seven when a neighbor with a broken hip gave him a dog walking job. Her recovery, which took almost a year, resulted in Tim getting to know the bank tellers quite well (and accumulating a savings account balance of over $300!). His recent entrepreneurial adventures have included driving a shredding truck, analyzing executive compensation packages for Fortune 500 companies and helping families make better college financing decisions. After volunteering in 2010 to create and teach a personal finance program at Eastside College Prep in East Palo Alto, Tim saw firsthand the impact of an engaging and activity-based curriculum, which inspired him to start a new non-profit, Next Gen Personal Finance.

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