Virginia is in the middle of a crisis and parents are the only ones who are acting like it, Purple Strategies Managing Director Rory Cooper tells America s Newsroom.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Thursday reiterated that President Biden wants to see children back in classrooms, but would not commit to standing up to unions if forced to choose between the prolific Democratic donors and reopening schools.
Psaki also said that Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky wasn t discussing official CDC guidance but rather new data as she s repeatedly said in recent days that teachers don t need to be vaccinated for schools to reopen in person.
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After nearly a year of remote learning, DC Public Schools is welcoming students back to campus on Tuesday. About 9,000 students and 1,800 teachers are expected to return to school buildings. It was a gut-wrenching decision for many families who weighed whether to send children back.
Reopening schools has been a source of great stress and conflict from the start, when unions representing teachers, principals, and nurses first accused the mayor’s team of excluding them from decision-making around safety measures. Strife between school officials and teachers continued into the start of in-person instruction on Tuesday.
While DC Public Schools eventually reached an agreement with the Washington Teachers’ Union over reopening schools in December, the teachers’ union has accused school leaders of breaching it. An independent arbitrator ultimately cleared DC Public Schools to reopen schools this week, in response to a formal complaint issued by the union.
D.C. students, teachers go to classrooms for first time in nearly a year
Perry Stein, Lauren Lumpkin, Joe Heim and Laura Meckler, The Washington Post
Feb. 2, 2021
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Precious Ogbunike prepares to screen Josh Ramirez on the first day of in-person classes at Columbia Heights Education Campus in Washington on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021.Photo for The Washington Post by Amanda Andrade-Rhoades
WASHINGTON - After months of planning - of false starts, teacher protests, arbitration, a court filing and a final snow delay - District of Columbia public schools opened their doors to teachers and students for in-person learning Tuesday for the first time in nearly a year.
D.C. and teachers union reach deal on how to reopen school buildings, capping months of contentious debate Perry Stein The District’s public school system and the Washington Teachers’ Union reached a deal late Thursday on how to reopen schools, capping months of contentious negotiations in a city that has so far been unable to bring teachers and students back together in classrooms. The deal settles a major dispute that has held up previous agreements: Teachers who do not have medical exemptions may be required to go back to classrooms, even if they do not want to. D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Lewis D. Ferebee and Washington Teachers’ Union President Elizabeth Davis signed the agreement, according to announcements from the city and union.