The media narrative is Republican governors and by extension, Trump, want to prematurely open schools putting teachers and students at risk.
The truth is parents, who are filing lawsuits, want schools reopened and it's teachers unions demanding schools stay closed until we have a vaccine or a cure or better covid protocols.
...while getting paid for less work.
Commie’s dream.
I don’t know that keeping NEA thugs from conducting classes is a bad thing.
One benefit of this whole mess is more people are realizing that “educators” are replaceable, if they’re needed at all.
Close the schools ... furlough ALL staff ... return tax dollars to residents ...
I’m with the teachers on this one. If COVID-19 is so dangerous that business establishments like restaurants and gyms are forced to close and people are being ordered to surrender their civil liberties and wear stupid diapers on their faces in public, then you’ll never convince me that it’s safe to open schools.
Maybe. I think it's much more likely that, like so many, teachers have discovered they really like relaxing at home and collecting enhanced unemployment checks. They're in no big hurry to return.
It’s heartbreaking. My heart breaks for all students in the United States right now, from K through college.
Everybody is remote, or “hybrid” (half the class at home, staggered) right now. Perhaps only 10% of the entire US is fully in person right now. It will be more obvious after Labor Day just how shut down all schools are.
The little ones are crying and hating “school” sitting in front of laptops all day.
One third of students in LA never even logged in once last Spring.
Teens are denied friends, sports, music, dances, activities—any normal high school experience.
College students are subjected to a “bait and switch” where they are told classes will be in person, they pay the full tuition, and then colleges announce it is the students’ fault for having parties and then switch to online.
Meanwhile all education at all levels is subpar, and the rest of the civilized world has reopened schools. In Europe and Asia, schools are the last to close and the first to reopen. They all prioritize children and education more than the United States.
In person education is critical infrastructure (like meat packing plants) so parents can go to work and the United States can have an educated workforce and citizenry and military.
These closed schools are a national security issue and I hope Trump will sign an executive order after the election so that they are reopened. He declared in person education essential a couple of weeks ago. There are too many teachers who vote in swing states to order reopening now.
Teachers who are over 60 or at risk because of underlying conditions and/or have irrational fears of the virus could be streamed into the classroom for instruction, with an aide to monitor.
And in person education could be voluntary for both families and teachers, with the option for remote learning intact indefinitely. Many teachers do want to return to the classroom.
From the article,
“On Aug. 24, a Florida judge ruled in favor of the union and temporarily halted the statewide order. In his decision, Judge Charles Dodson struck down the order’s unconstitutional provisions and blasted DeSantis for having “essentially ignored” the state’s constitutional requirement that schools be operated safely.”
Does this mean expulsion of violent students will no longer be blocked because of “racial disparity”? Does this mean that schools will finally be called to task for the sexual predators on staff? Does this mean teachers will no longer be permitted to indoctrinate children encouraging risky behavior? No. Never mind then.
Closing the schools is about closing businesses as parents have their kids at home.
Students in my area are back in school as of this week. The teachers, officials, and all adults in the community were contacted on what they wanted. Returning to the classroom far outweighed any other option.