Randi Weingarten, the head of America’s largest teachers’ union, on Monday defended the public school teachers’ push back against calls to return to classrooms, blaming the Trump administration for not providing resources and guidance they need to safely resume in-person work. “Every school teacher I know would rather be in person with their kids,” said Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), during an interview with the Washington Journal on C-SPAN. “We know what kids are missing right now. But everyone has a right to be safe.” Weingarten moved on to blame former President Donald Trump and his Education Secretary, Betsy DeVos, for “refusing to create the guidance we needed,” although DeVos, while emphasizing that there isn’t an one-size-fits-all reopening plan for every American school, has been consistently demanding public school districts to reopen according to the “flexible” guidelines issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and …
National Teachers Union Head Defends Resisting Return to Schools, Blames Trump and DeVos
February 15, 2021
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