Tag: Education

"It's not a trick question."

"Our goal is that as many K-8 schools as possible will reopen within the first 100 days."

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"The CDC is going to roll out their operating plan to give school districts, local communities, the guidance they need."

"That is the bar we're trying to leap over and exceed."

"He believes that teachers should be a priority on the vaccination list - he has supported that."

"Is this a national emergency?"

"We think that if we invest in the resources to make it safe, schools should reopen."

"I'll give you a word: money."

"If we have the money and the funding, we do everything from ventilation to more teachers, smaller class sizes, a whole range of things."

"This temporary pause in payments will help those who have been impacted."

"I was obviously concerned about sending outsiders into schools and possibly increasing the risk of COVID transmission."

"Mr. Biden, the COVID task force said it's safe for students to be in class."

Chaos marked the first days.

Biden slammed DeVos as she insisted there appears to be no plan.

"He isn’t listening to experts or scientists."

The daily number of infections has been in decline across most of the U.S. in recent weeks.

According to de Blasio, educators and staff will be back in schools on Sept. 8.

Nationally, metrics on new cases, deaths, hospitalizations and the positivity rates of tests are all declining.

"If these steps are not successful we will have to send students home as we did last spring."