America Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten joins The Story to discuss the return to in-person school
The president of America’s second-largest teachers union is calling on all schools to be open for five days a week of in-person learning for the next academic year.
Randi Weingarten, the head of the American Federation of Teachers, made the declaration Thursday as about only half of the nation’s school districts are back for fully in-person learning, according to data from the Return to Learn Tracker website. As of early May, Florida and Iowa are the only states in the country that have all of their schoolchildren back in classrooms, while every other state is still offering varying degrees of in-person and online instruction, the data shows.
Chief of teachers union is âall inâ on full fall reopening
COVID-19: Stop the spread of germs By Associated Press | May 13, 2021 at 10:22 AM CDT - Updated May 13 at 1:11 PM
(AP) - The president of the American Federation of Teachers said Thursday there should be a full return to in-person learning in the fall and her union is âall inâ on bringing students back to the classroom.
In an address on social media, Randi Weingarten said the wide availability of vaccines and a new infusion of federal education money have removed many obstacles that prevented schools from opening.
âConditions have changed,â Weingarten said. âWe can and we must reopen schools in the fall for in-person teaching, learning and support. And keep them open. Fully and safely, five days a week.â
President of key teachers union shares plea: âSchools must be openâ in fall
By Dana Goldstein New York Times,Updated May 13, 2021, 40 minutes ago
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Randi Weingarten, president of the nationâs second-largest teachers union, called on Thursday for a full reopening of the nationâs schools for the next academic year, saying, âThere is no doubt: Schools must be open. In person. Five days a week.â
Her remarks come with about half of the nationâs public schools not offering five days per week of in-person learning to all students and with many families uncertain about whether they will have the option for a more traditional schedule in the fall.