Chicago's teachers union was reviewing a compromise COVID-19 safety proposal on Monday that could allow in-person classes to resume this week, as Philadelphia agreed to let a mediator decide when school buildings could safely reopen.
Chicago Teachers Union delegates approve deal to reopen schools, as opposition among educators grows
In an evening session on Monday, the Chicago Teachers Union s House of Delegates voted 85 to 13 percent in favor of a sellout deal to resume in-person instruction in school buildings, threatening untold numbers of teachers, students and parents with infection and death. The decision sends the deal to Chicago teachers for a membership vote, scheduled to last through midnight Tuesday.
Chicago teachers protesting unsafe working conditions. (Photo: Twitter @CTULocal1)
The agreement, announced by the CTU Sunday evening, would reopen in-person classes for kindergarten and special education classes as early as Thursday, with staggered reopenings for different grades lasting through March 8. The phased reopening, designed to break the unity of teachers by dividing them by grade levels, means that schools will fully open for in-person classes just as the new, more dangerous strains of COVID
Perhaps the most significant cost and the hardest to estimate will be making up for lost learning time. Schoolchildren have lost many months of in-person learning time that if not made up could deliver a lasting blow to their long-term earning potential and America’s economic competitiveness, and it could exacerbate longstanding disparities in educational outcomes between white students and students of color.
Distance learning hasn’t worked well for many children, and some aren’t participating at all. When students don’t show up for school, of course, their learning suffers.
[13] McKinsey & Company estimated that students on average will likely lose nine months of learning by the end of the 2020-21 school year. Students of color, who face particular barriers in education partly due to the historical legacy of discrimination, may well have lost a
Kenney says teachers are not required to return to schools during review of COVID-19 protocols
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Philadelphia Federation of Teachers continue remote work Monday amid clash over city’s return to in-person learning
Philadelphia Federation of Teachers President Jerry Jordan discussed the issue Monday morning after the city announced teachers would not be required to report to schools pending review of their COVID-19 safety protocols.
PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia teachers are no longer required to return to school buildings on Monday as a third-party review of the district s COVID-19 safety protocols remains in mediation, Mayor Kenney decided late Sunday. The mediation process is still ongoing. Without a final decision from the mediator, teachers won t be mandated to report tomorrow, but any teacher who chooses to report is welcome to do so, the mayor s statement read.
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