Republicans target Democrats and teachers unions over school closures in bid to regain suburban foothold
Republicans in charge of taking back the House and Senate next year hope that a new message focused on reopening schools and blaming Democrats and their allies in organized labor for continued closures will lure back suburban voters who spurned them in 2020.
The Republican Senate and House campaign arms, along with Republican outside groups, have coalesced behind a unified message of reopening schools, hoping to put Democrats in a difficult spot between teachers unions and parents, who desperately want their kids to go back to the pre-pandemic days of in-person learning. The fight could also act as a salve for all-out Republican infighting, giving the party a message and target while many are turning their rhetorical fire on each other.
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Gregory Cushman, an associate professor of environmental history at the University of Kansas, marched with faculty and students on Tuesday night to raise awareness about potential damage of administration plans to downsize the staff and eliminate degree programs to address budget problems.
Faculty and students at the University of Kansas stood in shadows of Allen Fieldhouse to blow the whistle Tuesday night on the administration’s plan to deal with massive budget problems by shedding tenured professors from the payroll, undervaluing work of graduate teaching assistants and jettisoning degree programs.
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By ANNE FLAHERTY and SOPHIE TATUM, ABC News
(WASHINGTON) While teachers unions and school systems clash over what is considered a safe return to in-person learning and President Joe Biden looks to reopen a majority of K-8 schools in 100 days, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday it could be possible to get back to school safely without hinging the return to classrooms on vaccines.
“There is increasing data to suggest that schools can safely reopen and that safe reopening does not suggest that teachers need to be vaccinated in order to reopen safely,” CDC Director Rochelle Walensky told reporters at a briefing. “Vaccination of teachers is not a prerequisite for the safe reopening of schools.”
Calcasieu Federation of Teachers and Support Employees secure 4,000 books for Vincent Settlement Elementary Book donations to replenish damaged Vincent Settlement Elementary library. (Source: kplc) By Davon Cole | February 3, 2021 at 4:50 PM CST - Updated February 3 at 4:58 PM
LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - The Calcasieu Federation of Teachers and Support Employees secured 4,000 books for Vincent Settlement Elementary.
Following Hurricanes Laura and Delta, Vincent Settlement Elementary was one of the most heavily damaged campuses in the Calcasieu Parish School Board district.
The school has since reopened to students, but the library has not been fully functional or fully stocked with books.
In hopes of replenishing the damaged items, the Calcasieu Federation of Teachers worked to secure new library books for students to read and enjoy. The American Federation of Teachers along with First Book donated 4,000 library books for students ages 8-12.
After renaming debacle, San Francisco Unified School District says acronyms are a sign of white supremacy culture
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The San Francisco Unified School District s recent vote to rename schools over the reckoning of historical figures and their flawed legacies has been widely seen as an incompetent, embarrassing mess.
The near-unanimous vote on Monday to rename 44 schools by the San Francisco Board of Education came after years of debate. The canceled names include campuses named after former presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln and Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein.
And as if spending valuable time (and a lot of money) renaming a third of the schools in the district when every student is still stuck at home wasn t enough, some in the district have now taken the confounding stance that acronyms are a symptom of white supremacy culture and are working to remove them from buildings.