Children stop for a socially distanced lunch at St Alban’s Catholic Primary School – David Rose SIR – My daughter has not been at school for more than four months. The evidence points to school-age children being among those least at risk from coronavirus. However, children’s charities have seen a […]
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The association representing more than 1,000 Chesapeake teachers and school staff said Wednesday that it does not support any plan that calls for in-person instruction when school resumes. The announcement by the Chesapeake Education Association calls for virtual instruction for all students during the first semester given an increase in […]
As much of the country experiences an alarming surge of COVID-19 cases, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is carrying President Donald Trump’s water by demanding that states reopen their schools after the summer break. She makes this demand with no sense of how schools can do this safely. But just beneath her disregard for […]
WESTMONT, IL — The union representing teachers in Illinois called for the school year to begin with remote learning. A return to in-person instruction is currently too risky, according to the Illinois Federation of Teachers. In a statement issued Monday, the statewide teacher’s union provided a list of 10 safety […]
LOS ANGELES, CA — As the the Aug. 18 start of the school year looms, teachers in the Los Angeles Unified School District, the second largest district in the nation, are saying they don’t feel safe returning to their classrooms during the pandemic, according to the teachers union. The United […]
By Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Groups representing the nation’s doctors, teachers and top school officials on Friday pushed back against pressure from President Donald Trump to fully reopen U.S. schools despite a surge in coronavirus cases, saying science must guide the decisions. “Public health agencies must make recommendations based […]