News Analysis The Biden administration’s promise of school reopenings appears to be lost amid muddled messages. While President Joe Biden just affirmed children are unlikely to spread COVID-19 and is talking about opening schools by April, health officials in his administration are recommending measures that appear likely to lead to a reduction of in-person instruction. The dissonance comes after Biden said his press secretary had given incorrect information about his goals for reopening. Meanwhile, many public school teachers are still unwilling to teach in-person until a litany of demands is fulfilled, including vaccination priority and regular testing. During a Feb. 16 CNN town hall, Biden was asked by a parent of an 8-year-old about the risk of COVID-19. He said children are the “safest group in the whole world” and that it was “not likely” that a child would catch the virus or spread it further. That roughly mirrors what …