Chicago mother says coronavirus public school shutdowns killing our kids mentally
By Talia Kaplan
coronavirus pandemic, saying we are killing our kids mentally with the school shutdowns.
Jacobson made the comments on
Fox & Friends amid a standoff in Chicago as the public schools and the teacher s union failed to reach a deal over the weekend to resume in-person learning.
Jacobson said teachers refusing to return to the classroom is about their needs and not our children s needs.
Chicago Mayor All teachers, pre-K through eight and cluster teachers must report, Lightfoot said in a press conference Sunday evening. If you don’t have an approved accommodation, we expect to see you back in class. Those who do not report to work…we will have to take action. Let’s avoid that.
The Biden administration is turning up the heat on Republicans to stay true to their advocacy for reopening schools, which to the White House means voting for the president’s $1.9T coronavirus relief package.
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It’s a time of transition, both in Washington DC and in Springfield. Nationally, the Biden Administration is filling out its Cabinet and other appointments. In Springfield, newly-minted Speaker Welch is working through new House rules and committee chair appointments for the upcoming legislative session. All of these changes will have an impact on policy, and we are tracking them all.
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American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten discusses the standoff in Chicago after union teachers voted against resuming in-person learning.
The parents of Chicago public school students were told not to send their children to school Thursday as the stalemate between the school district and teachers union continues over reopening conditions.
Teachers in the nation s third-largest school district decided not to report to schools this week over concerns about the spread of COVID-19. Chicago Public Schools had ordered kindergarten through eighth-grade teachers and staff to come back to school Monday in order to prepare for the return of around 70,000 students on Feb. 1, the day it planned to resume in-person classroom instruction.
Negotiations remain ongoing between the Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago Public Schools over bringing teachers back into classrooms, but as things stand now,.