379. Abstract For Comparison of Mandatory vs Non-Mandatory Compliance Rates For SARS-CoV-2 Testing in Grades K-12

Background Rapid testing to identify asymptomatically infected students with SARS-CoV-2 in elementary schools has been suggested as a possible method to reduce risk for in person instruction. As of August 3, 2020 (updated on January 25, 2021), California schools who obtained a waiver to conduct in-person instruction are not required to have mandatory testing for asymptomatic students, except for high contact sports which are required to undergo weekly testing. We explored the uptake of voluntary vs mandatory testing in a private waivered school. Methods Between the dates January 25, 2021 to April 16, 2021, the K-12 school superintendent sent an email to all parents outlining the voluntary testing program with a link to the on-line sign up and consent form. All students were offered weekly self-collected anterior nares BinaxNOW Rapid Antigen Test. Signed parental consent was required and tests were performed at the school. Students participating in contact sports were required to undergo testing the week a varsity game was played as a condition of participation. Data was gathered from the school administration and de-identified. Results K-5 Lower school had a school population of 448 students. Testing was offered on 8 weeks during the period of 2/15-2/19 to 4/5-4/9. 2 students (0.45%) receive screening on the week of 3/22-3/26. The other seven weeks when screening was offered 0 students received screening. 6-12 Upper school had a school population of 360 enrolled students. Testing was offered 3/8-3/12 and 3/15-3/19. The upper school had 22 students (6.11%) receive testing on the week of 3/8-3/12 and 21 students (5.83%) on the week of 3/15-3/19. Contact sports teams had 67 students on their roster. Weekly testing was offered from 3/22-3/26 to 4/12-4/16. Contact sports teams had 10 students (14.93%) receive testing on the week of 3/22-3/26, 33 students (52.24%) on the week of 4/5-4/9, and 32 students (49.25%) on the week of 4/12-4/16. Figure 1. Percent of students from each campus and sports team screened per week offered. Conclusion Voluntary SARS-CoV-2 screening was not a feasible approach for detection of asymptomatically infected individuals due to low uptake, however in the same school, mandatory testing had high uptake and would be a feasible strategy. Disclosures All Authors: No reported disclosures

Pengembangan Buku Ajar IPA Kelas VI untuk Siswa Sekolah Dasar

<p>The purpose of this research was to develop a coursebook that can be used to support the activities of Science learning of the first semester at Grade 6 of SDN Sambungrejo Sukodono This Research &amp; Development intended for a learning resource. The research used the development model of Dick and Carey. The subjects of research trials were 50 students and a teacher at the school. The instruments for data collection utilized were the interview, the sheet of expert validation for lecturers and practitioners of education, assessment from expert lecturers, school superintendent, principal, classroom teacher and students. The research results revealed that the eligibility level of the science coursebook based on each aspect of the assessment including feasibility aspects of content obtained an average score 4.086 as "good" category with the level of appropriateness of 81.7%; feasibility aspect of presentation gets an average score of 4.307 as "very good" category with 86.1% eligibility level; on the feasibility of the language, earning an average score of 4.388 "very good" category with the level of appropriateness of 87.75%; While on the graphic aspects it obtained an average score 4.302 as "very good" category with the level of appropriateness of 86%. To conclude, the science coursebook for the first semester and the sixth grade students overall gained an average score 4.271 with "good" category and level eligibility 85.54%. Thus, this book stated feasibility.</p>

Learning to Live with Accommodation

This chapter focuses on the time between Gen. Wood’s departure and Gen. Pershing’s return to Moro Province (1906–1909). In these years, Moros and Americans began to confront each other less and to accommodate each other more. Counterinsurgency operations continued as the Philippine Constabulary battled insurgents in dozens of firefights, but the army remained relatively idle. Some 500–600 Moros died in these hostilities, a significant number to be sure, but far from the approximately 4,000 Moros killed in the Wood years. American Moro Province governor Tasker Bliss adopted a policy recommended by Najeeb Saleeby, a former Moro Province school superintendent who advised Americans to respect and work with Moro datus rather than undermine them. A modus vivendi emerged in which Moros went along with a variety of economic, commercial, and infrastructural changes, while Americans refrained from overtly threatening Moro social, religious, educational, and political institutions, with the one exception of slavery.

Establishing a school network from the perspective of the competences of the school superintendent – an analysis of legal solutions in the light of the recent reform of the educational system

The local schools authorities represented by chief education officers perform pedagogical supervision and control. They also cooperate with local government units which are responsible for realization of most of the educational tasks. The latest reform of the educational system has considerably broadened the superintendents’ competences in many aspects, for example as regards evaluation of schools networks. Undoubtedly, the competences of the school superintendent limit the independence of local self-governments as far as their deciding about schools is concerned. In essence, the problem concerns the creation of legal solutions that allow universal access to education. One should strive to create a network of schools, which will remain unchanged for many years. The network must ensure a sense of security in the implementation of educational benefits to residents.

“Triumph and Tragedy”

This chapter examines the highs and lows that would be experienced by Kansas City and Oakland and the athletes who played there. The Kansas City Royals won their first division title in 1976, the same year that Kansas City hosted the Republican National Convention. The Oakland Raiders won their first Super Bowl in 1977, the same year that Oakland elected its first African American mayor. But the two cities were scarred by violence from organized crime and the Symbionese Liberation Army, as businesses were dynamited and a school superintendent was assassinated. Players on the cities’ sports teams were enmeshed in charges of thuggery and racism, and some football players sustained profound injuries that would not become fully apparent until years later.

Minority Public Administrators: Managing Organizational Demands While Acting as an Advocate

Building on the work of Adam Herbert, this research examines how minority managers navigate the pressures of their organization versus the pressures of their community. Organizational socialization suggests that the socialization process will introduce employees to the goals and priorities of the organization and result in similar behaviors among managers. However, social identities (i.e., race, gender) also significantly influence the values, attitudes, and behaviors of a public servant. Navigating these two competing pressures, minority managers often experience role conflict in their work. We theoretically explore and empirically examine how race affects minority managers’ perceptions, networking behaviors, and hiring outcomes. We test our hypotheses using 6 years of school superintendent survey data. We find that racial minority managers behave in similar ways to their White peers as they have similar perceptions of their role in the organization and engage in professional networking behavior at similar rates. However, minority managers separately address the interests of their same-race minority community by hiring same-race street-level bureaucrats. As public organizations have grown increasingly diverse, this research revisits the experiences of minority public administrators and contributes to our understanding of how race and social identities contemporarily influence public managerial behaviors.

Analisis permasalahan pemerataan pendidikan di Kabupaten Sintang

Tujuan penelitian ini adalah mendeskripsikan pemerataan pendidikan di Kabupaten Sintang dalam pelaksanaan pemerataan pendidikan dasar. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif dengan jenis studi kasus. Subjek penelitian adalah Kepala Dinas Pendidikan Kabupaten Sintang, Kepala Dinas Pendidikan Cabang Kecamatan, dan Ketua PGRI (Informan Kunci), dan Pengawas Sekolah, Kepala Sekolah, dan Guru (Informan Penunjang). Teknik pengumpulan data menggunakan dokumentasi dan wawancara. Analisis data yang digunakan adalah model analisis Spradley untuk menganalisis permasalahan pemerataan pendidikan di Kabupaten Sintang. Penelitian ini menghasilkan beberapa temuan utama. Pertama, pelaksanaan pemerataan pendidikan di Kabupaten Sintang terkendala akibat keadaan geografis dan sarana prasarana yang kurang. Kedua, partisipasi pendidikan di Kabupaten Sintang belum terlaksana maksimal karena program wajib belajar hanya mencapai 7 tahun. Ketiga kualifikasi guru di Kabupaten Sintang masih banyak belum yang memenuhi standar. Keempat, anggaran pendidikan yang berupa dana BOS belum memadai untuk dikelola oleh sekolah di daerah. An analysis of equality matter in education in Sintang Regency AbstractThe purpose of this study was to determine the equality in education in Sintang Regency that covered the implementation of basic education. This was a qualitative study using case study approach. The subject was the Head of Education Department, the Head of Education Department district, and the Chairman of PGRI (Key Informant), and the School Superintendent, principal, and teachers (Supportive Informant). Data collection technique used documentation and interviews. Analysis of the data was an analysis of Spradley’s model to analyze equality matter in education in Sintang. This research results in four major findings. First, the implementation of equality in education was constrained because of geographical condition and lack of infrastructure. Second, the participation of education in Sintang was only reached 7 years. Third, many teacher’s qualifications is still not fulfilling the standard. Fourth, education budget that form of BOS fund is not adequate to manage by schools in rural area.

Introduction

A 1942 banquet honored Chicago’s public school superintendent William Johnson for his attention to a proposed reform of local social studies curricula concerning African American history. On this occasion, Johnson met with South Side schoolteacher Madeline Morgan, an advocate of local black public history. Morgan had devised these curriculum reforms as units for grades 1 through 8. Morgan (later Stratton Morris) taught at Emerson Primary School. In the nearly two years prior to the banquet and at the behest of the district, Morgan and a small team of colleagues had devised history units that would underscore the crucial role African Americans played in the nation’s history from slavery through emancipation and into the twentieth century. From the perspective of those who honored Johnson, his presence at the banquet was more than just a trivial photo opportunity. The banquet was attended by more than three hundred people and sponsored by local middle-class black women’s clubs and civic organizations. Beyond the adulation afforded Johnson, the banquet also recognized the labors of public schoolteachers like Morgan and those of other African American public-history activists and educators who through the 1940s and 1950s sought to revise local curricula to include significant modules on black American history....