Trump will ignore warnings about reopening schools. He has politicized the discussion on schools.
Always polarizing on schools, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos brushes off coronavirus risks | Analysis https://t.co/ntrfWJBEra pic.twitter.com/xrheYSUaK0
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) July 12, 2020
What’s really unfortunate is it seems any hope for a reasonable debate on school reopening suffered a major setback this past week, after state/district leaders spent months drafting plans and engaging and building trust in their communities to make these super tough decisions.
— Erica L. Green (@EricaLG) July 12, 2020
“Right now there are places around the country where the virus is spreading explosively and it would be difficult if not impossible to operate schools safely until the virus is under better control.” https://t.co/BOxTSBmZy8
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) July 12, 2020
One answer that struck me was DeVos conceding: “I can't, as a nonphysician or a nonmedical expert, tell you precisely what to do in the case of one child in a classroom or five children in a classroom….” [transmitting virus].
— Erica L. Green (@EricaLG) July 12, 2020
The experts who can have been sidelined/undermined. https://t.co/LI4j6UHEJo
DeVos praised this charter network during a televised press conference during which she trashed Fairfax Co. schools for offering families the option of all remote/ in-person instruction two days a week. https://t.co/2cN8AXv1Ij
— Erica L. Green (@EricaLG) July 12, 2020
.@BetsyDeVosED you have no plan. Teachers, kids and parents are fearing for their lives. You point to a private sector that has put profits over people and claimed the lives of thousands of essential workers. I wouldn’t trust you to care for a house plant let alone my child. https://t.co/Qs0Z7gCnMo
— Ayanna Pressley (@AyannaPressley) July 12, 2020
NYT: No nation has tried to send children back to school with the virus raging at levels like America’s, and the scientific research about transmission in classrooms is limited.https://t.co/OxuXKSXS15
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) July 12, 2020
BASH: "Yes or no: Can you assure students, teachers and parents that they will not get coronavirus because they’re going back to school?"
— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) July 12, 2020
DEVOS: "Well, the key is that kids have to get back to school."#CNNSOTU
Perspective: To DeVos, the virus is an excuse to strip public money from public schools https://t.co/QrHatjqyGO
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 11, 2020
1. Teachers are organizing into a national movement to demand schools stay closed until strict safety measures are in place or the virus is under control.
— Dana Goldstein (@DanaGoldstein) July 11, 2020
They say they do not feel safe or listened to. And Trump’s intervention has deepened their anger. https://t.co/yXz7T16psD
Sad! 