Employees with Idaho’s higher education institutions have not been included in the state’s vaccination plan as of yet, and the local teachers union at the University of Idaho is ringing
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Are public schools safe to reopen?
Laura H. Carnell Elementary School faculty want to return to classrooms, but only if it is safe.
The School District of Philadelphia hasn’t had any in-person learning since last March, though that is scheduled to end in two weeks.
The school district plans to open schools on Feb. 22 for some 9,000 pupils in pre-kindergarten through second grade whose parents previously said they supported the move back to in-person learning. The kids would attend school two days a week and learn virtually the other three days.
The district asked teachers in those grades to go back to school on Monday for two weeks of preparation leading up to the reopening.
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President Joe Biden has committed to reopening most of America’s K-8 schools within the first 100 days of his administration, a goal the country’s two most powerful teachers unions endorse. Some GOP lawmakers, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), want Biden to move faster, ordering districts to resume in-person instruction immediately.
“Science is not the obstacle. Federal money is not the obstacle. The obstacle is a lack of willpower,” McConnell said on the Senate floor. “Not among students. Not among parents. Just among the rich, powerful unions that donate huge sums to Democrats and get a stranglehold over education in many communities.”
On Tuesday's "CNN Newsroom," American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten stated that CDC guidance on re-opening schools won't be the | Clips