The Chicago Teachers Union is poised to vote Tuesday on whether to defy city leadership and shut down schools by temporarily going back to working remotely, as teachers unions across the country butt heads with officials on how and whether to have in-person learning.
On September 08, 2020 in Chicago, Illinois, Jasmine and Lucy will teach their students.
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The 25,000 members of the union will cast an electronic ballot on whether they prefer to work remotely, and the union told NBC 5 they want to shift away from in person learning only until January 18.
The union demands better testing, on-site vaccine clinics and better accountability for ventilation measures to safely teach in person, as well as other measures, because the mayor has been failing our students.
In New York City, the new Mayor, Eric Adams, insisted on CNN Tuesday that children are safer in school than outside of it.
The New York Post reports that several New York City teachers have filed a lawsuit, which alleges that the city's back-to-school plan is inadequate in terms of testing.
The teachers unions in Philadelphia and Massachusetts requested for schools to close for seven days and one day, respectively, to impose measures after the holiday break, but officials in both places rejected the request.
The Star Tribune reports that teachers in Minneapolis want school officials to implement a more consistent, sustainable and effective response to the surge in cases.
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3,229. According to a tracker compiled by data company Burbio, there will be at least one public school closed this week because of Covid-19 or winter weather. Atlanta, Detroit, Milwaukee, and Newark, New Jersey were among the cities where schools were forced to close due to Covid-19 surge.
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Gates told CNN that the layers of mitigation needed to keep the schools open have not been done.
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In a statement to Forbes, Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, said that schools should remain open for in person learning if possible. Weingarten said that regular testing, including a test to leave isolation, as well as well-fitting masks, ventilations and of course, vaccines and boosters, are all important.
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The omicron variant surge has led to high anxiety about how to best handle in person school, as many children are unvaccinated and child hospitalizations for Covid-19 are hitting record levels. President Joe Biden said in December that the U.S. should keep its K-through-12 schools open. Federal health officials have implemented "test-to-stay" guidance that allows children exposed to Covid-19 to stay in school if they test negative, though schools have been affected by staffing shortages as more teachers and employees test positive for the virus.
Schools push ahead with in-person classes in the face of omicron surge.
The New York Times reported on the schools confrontation.
Some US schools switch to remote learning and start classes later because of omicron surge.
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