Educators quickly shifted to teaching lessons virtually and parents worked to keep their kids engaged and active.
Unfortunately, being away from friends, classmates, and daily routines for an extended period of time is hurting students. Prolonged remote learning is putting kids at risk of falling behind, failing classes, and suffering from mental health problems. For students with disabilities, minorities, and those in underserved areas, that risk is even greater.
Throughout his campaign, President Biden repeatedly said he would listen to scientists and health experts when it came to tackling the pandemic.
Here’s what scientists are saying about getting kids back in their classrooms:
Dr. Rochelle Walensky, President Biden’s own CDC director, said earlier this month that there was “increasing data that schools can safely reopen” even if teachers haven’t received a COVID-19 vaccine.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said “I would back the CDC recommendations because that is really based on data … we need to try and get the children back to school.”
Dr. David Rosen, assistant professor of pediatric infectious diseases at Washington University in St. Louis, said, “There is no situation in which schools can’t be open unless they have evidence of in-school transmission.”
But instead of “following the science” as he often said he would – President Biden is ignoring it.
Recently, I offered an amendment to the budget bill that would have incentivized school districts to get kids back into school after teachers have been vaccinated. Those vaccines are even a step beyond what the CDC says is necessary.
Every single Senate Democrat voted against it.
That vote made one thing very clear: this isn’t about safety, and it’s not about science; it’s pure politics, and kids are paying the price.
We need to put students first. We need to do what’s best for their education and well-being while taking steps to ensure their safety.
As a former high school history teacher and university president, I know that educators overcome challenges every day. Teachers want to help kids learn, and they know that won’t happen again until students are back at their desks. We must reopen schools now.
2 comments:
Roy, you have forgotten all that you might have taught in high school about history repeating itself and joined a radical, ill thought out and miserable individual by going along with the rest of the lemmings in following trump. You have made a mockery of decent politics by allowing companies to dictate, much like Hitler, what constitutes a government of the people, by the people and for the people in our country. You side with numb nuts like Graham, Hawley and Cruz to ruin any semblance of what a democracy is about. Your backed or failed to call out those who attacked our capitol on Jan 6 and bend to the likes of NRA and other militant groups out of fear of losing what little decency you have left in your shallow life. You sneak into town versus having town hall meetings open to all and instead keep your movements secret to pander to those who hand money under the table and support your offspring leaching off of lobbying interests. Such a disappointment for a teacher and "professional" educator.
oLD rOY DOG FOOD IS STILL MORE POPULAR THAN rOY bLUNT IN 2021 AND THE FORMER PRESIDENT tRUMP WAS IMPEACHED FOR THE ATTEMPTED COUP HE ENCOURAGED HIS FOOLOWERS TO ATTEMPT ON jANUARY 6, 2021.
MEANTIME OLD ROY IS STILL OLDROY!
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