can be a force for good. watch. i think it s a great move. i think it will improve free speech and it can t be worse than what s happening on twitter right now. i think having a benevolent billionaire enter the fray is going to help. but others believe the opposite like this analysis from the washington post last week which said elon musk twitter investment could be bad news for free speech. that headline being more than money went unnoticed. a writer for a paper owned by michael bloomberg 82 billion net worth appearing in a paper owned by jeff bezos, $190 billion net worth complaining about elon musk steak and twitter being a threat to free speech. in fact, most of the media who are worried about musk allowing the spread of this information, you know, information they disagree with. some folks are cheering him
anyone over 18 hundreds of parents in pal alto, california are volunteering at schools doing anything from light kris custodial work to food services. without this i can t look into a camera and say we are going to be open tomorrow. and with this i can. since 2020, the federal government has sent $190 billion to school districts to keep schools open. but little is known about how that money has been spent to prevent school closures. i think that the majority of parents and guardians throughout the country feel the very same way. remote instruction en masse should be and will be in our rear view mirror. on tuesday students walked out of brooklyn tech high school behind me in protest demanding remote learning today despite vowing to keep schools open. new york city mayor eric adams said ultimately that, well, given the low attendance rate in schools that now a temporary remote option is now under consideration. bret? bret: bryan llenas live in brooklyn, thanks.
school closures in her town as the fight with the teachers union forces students to stay at home again today to start another week. meanwhile, in a new op-ed, our next guest explains why remote learning isn t just bad for our kids. it takes a toll on the parents mental health as well. the director of children corey an his joins us now. good morning to you. thanks for having me, steve. steve: obviously it takes an impact on the kids because the kids aren t learning. so essentially the union is holding the children s education hostage. but what impact does it have on parents? you are right. they are holding children s education hostage once again. it s worse than that at this point. they already secured the ransom payments. they have gotten $190 billion from the federal government since march of 2020. at this point the hostage takers have taken ransom payments and they are keeping the hostages. this has hurt kids academically, physically, socially. teen suicides increased by 31%
scenario 13 here. yes reporter: a mixture of in-person and remote learning, an ipad for every student, and staff focused on emotional support for students, all measures helping to keep the district school doors open even amid the current omicron wave the superintendent says they re taking a long view of educating in a pandemic. we ve got to figure out how we respond to problems we don t even know about yet. reporter: under federal relief bills congress allocated $190 billion for schools to respond to the pandemic the department of education says much of that money has gone toward school climate systems and hiring mental health professionals. in salisbury the district received about $70 million over a three-year period and is using funds for smaller classes, enhanced ventilation systems, more nurses, and wi-fi hot spots throughout the community. smith says he looked to the business sector for ideas.
all across the country. that is why l.a. is opening. that s why d.c. is opening. that s why new york is opening. if i sound frustrated this is a terrible way. parents need teachers and they need teachers to embrace their kids and that s what we need to do together and what we are seeing all across the country is that when we are allowed to do our work and get the support that we need to get, we can do this. the teachers are spent. we have to treat them like heroes instead of actually blaming them. so you mentioned of the testing debacle. early in the pandemic there was a lot of issues in schools. the american rescue plan comes along in 2020. the biden administration provides $190 billion to aid schools in staying open. in adapting to covid-19, mitigating. the white house a lot of prominent democrats say that money combined with vaccinations means schools are safe now in a