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WBGZ Radio 1/7/2021 | By Greg Bishop - Illinois Radio Network A researcher from the University of Illinois Springfield said data shows schools are safe and should be reopened. Nearly 1.2 million of the state’s 1.9 million students were fully remote as of Dec. 18, according to the Illinois State Board of Education. In Chicago on Monday, the public schools were opened for in-person education, but there were issues with teachers union members worried about their health. Other districts across t...

Schools need to reopen with teachers, and CPS needs to actually make sure schools are safe to reopen. Both those things can be true. The challenge is that CPS just bought a bunch of air purifiers from Bed Bath and Beyond and called it a day. But good luck spotting any. That’s cute of CPS. Exactly where would they plan to find 1000 new teachers? It’s not like teachers are chomping at the bit to teach for CPS. The actual studies from epidemiologists have shown that while being back in school ...