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Chicago, Teachers Union Reach Tentative Deal To Reopen Public Schools
The agreement on COVID-19 safety protocols could avert a strike in the country s third-largest school district.
Sophia Tareen
CHICAGO (AP) Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot touted a preliminary agreement with the teachers union over COVID-19 safety protocols on Sunday, potentially averting a strike in the nation’s third-largest school district.
Some students could return to classrooms as soon as Thursday, with the reopening of school phased-in by grade. Also, the city agreed to vaccinate 1,500 teachers and staff weekly at vaccination sites dedicated to Chicago Public Schools. The possible deal which still requires approval from the Chicago Teachers Union - also includes metrics that would trigger school closings when cases spike.
Mike Bloomberg urges Biden to put children first, stand up to unions and tell teachers to suck it up and return to school because virtual learning is worse than a joke and kids don t stand a chance otherwise
The billionaire former New York City mayor told MSNBC Thursday it is a disgrace that children cannot return to school across much of America
He said many poor kids have no access to devices or Wi-Fi for online lessons
Bloomberg said it is time that children are prioritized as the most important thing and said teachers are just are going to have to suck it up
Push to reopen schools could leave out millions of students
If President Joe Biden lands his goal of $130 billion for schools, millions of students might still have to keep learning from home
President
Joe Biden says he wants most schools serving kindergarten through eighth grade to reopen by late April, but even if that happens, it is likely to leave out millions of students, many of them minorities in urban areas.
“We’re going to see kids fall further and further behind, particularly low-income students of color,” said
Shavar Jeffries, president of Democrats for Education Reform. “There’s potentially a generational level of harm that students have suffered from being out of school for so long.”