like dr. fauci are saying school should stay open. we have done the balance so many times over the last year about the deleterious effects of keeping children out of in physical presence in the school. it s very clear that there are some really serious effects about that. it s safe enough to get those kids back to school. there is a level of urgency that we shouldn t lose around making sure that our children learn in person. the impact of hybrid learning, the impact of remote learning is very real. jesse: george, the chicago school districts have received 3 billion with a b from the taxpayer since this pandemic began. they can put in ventilation. they can put in the hand sanitizing stations. they can build a plastic igloo around each individual teacher s desk to prevent this but they still don t want to go in the classroom. what more do they want?
choice, affordable school choice or you are going to end up in a bizarre hostage situation where your kids are basically held captive by people who don t want to work. jesse: harold, last word. harold: this strike or whatever it is called should be avoided at all costs. i think you ve laid out, all of us have laid out in clear ways the social, mental, emotional and educational negative impact this has had on kids. some of the demands that the teachers are making around masks, many of our public health experts as you noted, dr. fauci, dr. redfield and others, they all agree kids should be back in school that we have some consistency in the mask and that they shouldn t be cough masks. i would encourage mayor lightfoot and others, one of the things that s best for kids, put aside the electoral politics for a moment, to find ways to get teachers and students back in school and for us to be competitive against china, we have to continue to educate our kids and at a
harmful from suicide rates to plunging test scores. the inability for them to get back on track. teachers complained there are behavioral problems in the classroom. you think so? because you kept them out of school for a year and half. recently there s a big article in the new york times that really puffed up randy weingarten and said she was very much trying to keep kids in school but then as the judge pointed out, we have the actual emails from the cdc and the school district that basically said teachers wanted to keep schools close. so that s something that s going to lead into this question of who do you side with, the parents if you want to win the election where the teachers union if you want to get political donations? jesse: what do you think the real reason is some teachers don t want to return to the classroom? greg: because there s no incentive for them to return. joe biden said today that