Inferior Education or Killing Grandma: The Dilemma Facing the Public School Systems in the United States
Due to COVID-19, school districts in the fall of 2020 had to decide whether to conduct all classes in person or offer some or all of these classes virtually. Many school districts would decide on a program and then change their decision based on the COVID-19 situation in their area. These changes ca...
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| description | Due to COVID-19, school districts in the fall of 2020 had to decide whether to conduct all classes in person or offer some or all of these classes virtually. Many school districts would decide on a program and then change their decision based on the COVID-19 situation in their area. These changes caused education and personal issues for the students, teachers, parents, and others who worked in their school system. This paper explores how the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), a well-regarded, multi-criteria decision analysis approach, can be used to analyze this situation by developing two prototype versions of the AHP and illustrating these versions of the AHP with a detailed example. The team approach for analyzing this issue is also described. Additionally, the current situation of this problem in the United States and elsewhere is discussed. Finally, Professor Bodin is making software that he has developed available (at no cost) for carrying out many of the computations for the AHP versions described in this paper. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1c5ecc3cda124752b629f94a2bc57ab12023-12-03T12:40:54ZengMDPI AGUrban Science2413-88512021-03-01512910.3390/urbansci5010029Inferior Education or Killing Grandma: The Dilemma Facing the Public School Systems in the United StatesLawrence Bodin0Barry Frieman1Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USACollege of Education, Towson University, Towson, MD 21242, USADue to COVID-19, school districts in the fall of 2020 had to decide whether to conduct all classes in person or offer some or all of these classes virtually. Many school districts would decide on a program and then change their decision based on the COVID-19 situation in their area. These changes caused education and personal issues for the students, teachers, parents, and others who worked in their school system. This paper explores how the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), a well-regarded, multi-criteria decision analysis approach, can be used to analyze this situation by developing two prototype versions of the AHP and illustrating these versions of the AHP with a detailed example. The team approach for analyzing this issue is also described. Additionally, the current situation of this problem in the United States and elsewhere is discussed. Finally, Professor Bodin is making software that he has developed available (at no cost) for carrying out many of the computations for the AHP versions described in this paper.https://www.mdpi.com/2413-8851/5/1/29Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP)pairwise comparisonsRatings Model (RM)Direct Comparison Model (DCM)AHP team approach |
| spellingShingle | Lawrence Bodin Barry Frieman Inferior Education or Killing Grandma: The Dilemma Facing the Public School Systems in the United States Urban Science Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) pairwise comparisons Ratings Model (RM) Direct Comparison Model (DCM) AHP team approach |
| title | Inferior Education or Killing Grandma: The Dilemma Facing the Public School Systems in the United States |
| title_full | Inferior Education or Killing Grandma: The Dilemma Facing the Public School Systems in the United States |
| title_fullStr | Inferior Education or Killing Grandma: The Dilemma Facing the Public School Systems in the United States |
| title_full_unstemmed | Inferior Education or Killing Grandma: The Dilemma Facing the Public School Systems in the United States |
| title_short | Inferior Education or Killing Grandma: The Dilemma Facing the Public School Systems in the United States |
| title_sort | inferior education or killing grandma the dilemma facing the public school systems in the united states |
| topic | Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) pairwise comparisons Ratings Model (RM) Direct Comparison Model (DCM) AHP team approach |
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