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Politicians. >> today while speaking in nearby maryland at the annual pta convention, first lady jill biden said education is being exploited for political purposes. >> we are reopening schools to class curriculum, we have been told that parents and teachers are at odds. but as i visit schools and i meet with families, that's not what i have seen. >> but polling suggests parents are at odds with some school boards. fox finding 55% of registered voters want most elementary teachers banned from discussing sex and gender identity. >> this is inappropriate. these children are not taught what a pro...

A governorship aspirant under the All Progressives Congress (APC) Ebonyi State, Chief Elias Mbam, has promised to provide functional schools with quality

Break. >> parents are outraged, and they are making their outrage known to the teachers union. this is a very different dynamic than ever before. >> reporter: tensions mounting in chicago. more than 340,000 students missing school for a fourth day. their teachers refusing to return to the classroom. >> we're very frustrated that there are no public health leaders standing up and saying that we should be moving to remote learning environment, especially for a district of this size. >> reporter: in los angeles, students are due back in school in person tomorrow with widespread testing turning up...

To happen, dr. vidal? why do we allow, i don't know, school officials to shut down the learning environment? >> i mean, i think as parents we have the same questions. i think we're concerned for that we are not talking about enough is that these type of interventions are hurting mostly working parents and their children and the children that need public schools the most. so we, while we're seeing sort of a change in terms of the way officials are talking about it -- have been vocal about wanting to keep schools open and president biden made a comment having to -- [inaudible] maryland state boa...

>> absolutely. so we want cps first and foremost to know that we do not want to go to remote learning, and we want them to continue to hold their ground. we do not want to see cps give in to the teachers' demands or walkout. the science around this is so clear and we want the decisions to be based on science. we're very frustrated that there are no public health leaders standing up and saying that we should be moving to remote learning environment, especially for a district of this size, and so we want our union and we want cps to be making this decision based on science. >> so what do you thi...