Massachusetts Teachers’ Unions Push for Delay in Return to In-School Learning: ‘This Whole Process Is Being Rushed’
15 Mar 2021
Massachusetts teachers’ unions are backing a piece of emergency legislation filed by state lawmakers that would block the Bay State’s education commissioner from mandating that all districts return to in-person learning by April 5.
“This whole process is being rushed, being pushed by unelected bureaucrats who are out of touch with reality,” said Merrie Najimy, president of the Massachusetts Teachers Association (MTA), reported the
Boston Globe Sunday. “They don’t understand the amount of change that has to happen in the next couple of weeks to be ready.”
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L A schools reopening: Debate, angst and confusion emerge
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Debate, angst and many questions emerge over L.A. school reopening plans Howard Blume, Teresa Watanabe, Stephanie Chavez © (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times) A student holds a protest sign up during a rally Saturday to call for the rapid reopening of schools at Ted Watkins Park. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)
Debate, angst and questions about reopening campuses in Los Angeles continued on Saturday days after district officials reached a deal with the teachers union on how and when to bring students back.
Parents at two rallies one in South L.A. and another in Fairfax talked of schools not opening quickly enough or in an effective way, especially for secondary school students. Callers in a town hall sponsored by the union and its allies expressed anxiety about returning to campus, while putting forward questions that allowed the union president to further explain the reopening plan and the union s role in shaping it.