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USA TODAY WASHINGTON – Pressure is mounting for President Joe Biden to deliver on reopening the nation's schools amid the coronavirus pandemic as Republicans seize on his cautious approach and parents demand more aggressive action to address what he called a "national emergency." Biden was already walking a tightrope politically on the contentious issue, caught between teacher union allies who have resisted in-person learning until safety measures are assured and parents nationwide frustrated their children remain home. Now, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention set to ...

Table of Contents Pressure Grows to Reopen Schools, But Fears Persist A preschool student gets his temperature checked as he walks into a Chicago elementary school. Nationwide, cities and states where most schools have remained closed throughout the pandemic are struggling to decide when and how to reopen. Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times Sun-Times via The Associated Press Margery Smelkinson, a mother with four kids in an elementary school in Montgomery County, Maryland, suspects that the parent group she joined had something to do with Republican Gov. Larry Hogan’s rec...

Former U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos was an advocate for education issues that are popular with many conservatives while she was at the helm in

Today on Stateside , Governor Whitmer said last week she is hoping schools will be able to reopen in-person classes by March. She also announced that K- 12

School schedules are expected to remain fluid as districts weigh rising coronavirus cases against concerns about the safety of students and teachers.