CDC director says schools should be first to reopen Print this article
The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday that schools are at a low risk of spreading the coronavirus.
“Accumulating data suggests school settings do not result in rapid spread of COVID-19 when mitigation measures are followed,” Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the CDC, said during a press briefing. The mitigation measures include wearing masks, staying 6 feet apart, and proper ventilation.
She also noted that the CDC recommends that K-12 schools should be the last to close after all other mitigation measures have been employed.
Lindsey Burke researches and writes on federal and state education issues. A sign outside of Columbus Elementary School lets visitors know that the playground has been closed on January 25, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson / Staff / Getty Images
Key Takeaways
Parents have good reason to be dissatisfied with the virtual offerings.
In-person learning is one of the safest activities for children, yet millions of children across the country have that important tool foreclosed to them.
It’s past time for decisive action. Parents and students deserve as much.
In 1971, the Supreme Court upheld a 1955 law making it illegal for federal employees to strike against the U.S. government. So, when members of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization union went on strike in August 1981, demanding a $10,000 a year bump in pay and a reduction in the workweek from 40 hours to 32, President Ronald Reagan handed them their walking pap
With then-Attorney General William French Smith looking on, President Ronald Reagan on Aug. 3, 1981, warns illegally striking federal air traffic controllers that if they didn t return to work within 48 hours, they would be fired. (Photo: Bettman/Getty Images)
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Lindsey M. Burke researches and writes on federal and state education issues as the Will Skillman fellow in education policy at The Heritage Foundation. Read her research.
In 1971, the Supreme Court upheld a 1955 law making it illegal for federal employees to strike against the U.S. government.
So, when members of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization union went on strike in August 1981, demanding a $10,000 a year bump in pay and a reduction in the workweek from 40 hours to 32, President Ronald Reagan handed them their walking papers 11,000 of them.
Fairfax teachers union asks school district to push back return to class after vaccine shortage
Coronavirus vaccine appointments canceled for some Northern Virginia teachers
Appointments to receive the coronavirus vaccine are being canceled all across Virginia, including those scheduled for Fairfax County Public Schools.
VIENNA, Va. (FOX 5 DC) - One of Fairfax County’s top teachers unions is asking Fairfax County Public Schools to push back its tentative return to class start date on February 16 citing Virginia s COVID-19 vaccine supply shortage and massive vaccine appointment cancellations throughout the state.
Appointments to receive the coronavirus vaccine are being canceled all across the Commonwealth, including those scheduled for FCPS.
Teachers unions at war with districts over plans to return amid vaccination drive Print this article
Teachers unions are at war with education officials about returning to in-person classes, insisting that the promise of a COVID-19 vaccine in the near future is not enough to make schools safe.
Individual teachers unions across the United States are defying their school systems’ plans to force educators to teach in person, as parents and administrators say that remote-only learning has been a detriment to education and children s emotional health.
The Chicago Teachers Union has engaged in a battle with the Chicago Public Schools system, which announced that teachers of grades K-8 were required to return to schools on Monday or face getting locked out of all remote teaching platforms. This would lead to thousands of students having no classes at all, as well as thousands of angry parents and public education officials.