During her interview for a vacant seat on the Conway School Board, Michaela Clement offered an implied rebuke to school critics by suggesting that they go into the schools and see all the wonderful things that were going on. I'd just like to see some poor slob try getting into one of those fortresses. Now, Clement sits on a subcommittee trying to make sure no one can get in, except with special permission and under close supervision.
The habit of excluding the public from public schools, except for festive events or escorted visits, may help explain a trend of growing mistrust in American education. Zoom classes held during the pandemic exposed numerous pedagogical practices and curricular ingredients that shocked many parents, and surprises of varying intensity probably still await the unannounced classroom observer.
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