Political Coffee 3-27-2020
Written by Jeff Kropf on April 12, 2020
ill this virus change our lives permanently? I certainly will and education is just one of the areas affected, unless the politics of money and power get in the way to keep education mediocre.
What is Kate hiding from? She doesn’t want to take questions from reporters about the Willamette Week story about closing down virtual online schools. https://www.wweek.com/news/schools/2020/03/26/oregons-virtual-charter-schools-are-the-definition-of-social-distancing-the-state-shut-them-down-anyway/
Kate skips her daily briefing: because of the WW story above maybe? https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2020/03/for-the-first-weekday-since-march-16-oregon-gov-kate-brown-skips-daily-coronavirus-briefing.html
Kate takes another hit from the fish wrapper (Oregonian) on not being transparent, especially on Coronavirus: https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/2020/03/after-media-pressure-oregon-begins-disclosing-key-numbers-on-coronavirus-cases-readiness.html
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