[Aiwa]

found this:
https://firstround.com/review/How-Crowd-Funding-Is-Changing-Everything-and-What-That-Means-for-Your-Startup/

Basically, its growing and in some cases is expected

[Aiwa]

Repeating 3rd grade as a 11 year old is not a great scenario

[Aiwa]

Problem is once a vaccine comes out and we start to shift back to school, there are kids who will be 1-2 years behind and there is no plan to catch them up.

[Aiwa]

This goes on long enough low income /access kids will continue fall behind will be displaced even more.

If you look at COVID through the lens of a war-like era, we may need economic recovery on the scale similar to the marshal plan to catch them up

[Aiwa]

It think COVID-19 highlights the income disparity and access limitations based on peoples wealth. If your kid doesn’t have a computer – zoom class isn’t an option. If you have to go to work, then having your kid at home taking zoom classes isn’t and option ( if they are young).

[Aiwa]

* was allowed to deteriorate.

[Aiwa]

Water in places like DC is routinely tested and it is not unheard of to get an advisory to not drink the water.

https://www.dcwater.com/sites/default/files/documents/2020_dcwater_water_quality_report_0.pdf

there’s a lot of chlorine 3.2ppm to a EPA limit of 4ppm. You can certainly smell it.

[Aiwa]

Flint was distressing to hear about. If water quality can deteriorate that much in a major American city, shouldn’t we all be concerned?

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