Teachers' union leaders say they are pleased with Biden's sense of urgency and focus, but they warn that the 100-day pledge may need to be a goal rather than a fixed target. Biden is expected to sign several executive actions Thursday, his second day in office, to help support the reopening goal and establish a national strategy to get the coronavirus under control, but the measures stop short of requiring schools to reopen within any set time frame.
American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten says the goal may need to be reassessed depending on how the coronavirus is spreading over the next few months. Experts have warned that more transmissible variants, including the one first seen in the UK, could send cases surging again. "I'm on board with the goal, but I'm very concerned about this new variant. None of this is done in isolation," Weingarten said.
Wait ... cases are still surging even as the vaccine gets administered? Can’t have it both ways. Do they work or not ! Does the media think the American people is that stupid.
Teachers are NOT 'fighting reopening', we want to do it SAFELY. There is a huge difference. Please chose words carefully, they matter. Just ask a teacher if you need help.
Just, no. Hold off to get this shit under a bit of control first.
JoeBiden get ready to fight the unions. Have fun.
Absolutely blows my mind reading these comments relative to when trump was pushing to reopen schools. Whether you are pro lockdown or not, it’s impossible to not see the hypocrisy
NO! As soon as our schools opened the death toll went up, it’s not good to have children out of education but it will keep their teachers, parents and grandparents alive!
It’s a miracle! Covid will disappear under Biden... Lemmings
I like how biden is just doing everything trump tried to do months and many jobs ago.. the media is so bias
It's an inobtainable goal, as the virus mutates into faster spreading mutants. But the intention is good. Just listen to science first.
NO I WANNA STAY HOME 🤧
Interesting how softer the writing about reopening schools is in this article compared to previous articles in recent times regarding the same issue.
Not a mask in sight.
The Ministry of Truth has just declared that current testing is producing a lot of false positives, inflating infection and mortality numbers. Adjusting data to comply with new agenda...
It makes much more sense to look to the fall and make it contingent on vaccination rates.
Let's get all of our Teachers vaccinated first!! That would be a great place to start in making our schools safe for all of Americas children.
Opening schools is good now.
Your a lie
Good morning everyone
Hypocrisy at its finest, Sounds about right though.. cause Covid will be miraculously gone in 30 days. Flu and cold cases will be on the rise though
He’s making too many promises. Just do the work and let us know.
You mean he will cave to the Teachers Unions
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