President Trump today vowed to 'put pressure' on governors to reopen schools in the fall. 'It's time to be open, it's time to stay open,' said Trump. 'And we will put out the fires as they come up, but we have to open our schools'
President Donald Trump in a ramped-up push to reopen schools vowed Tuesday to “put pressure” on reluctant governors, while Education Secretary Betsy DeVos blasted education leaders who won’t accept risk and “gave up and didn’t try” to launch summer instruction.
But a statement Tuesday night from teachers unions, the PTA, special education administrators and secondary school principals indicated that instead their relationship with the White House has hit a new low. “They think it's going to be good for them politically, so they keep the schools closed —No way,” he said during a roundtable discussion at the White House. “So we're very much going to put pressure on governors and everybody else to open the schools, to get them open. And it's very important. It's very important for our country. It's very important for the well being of the student and the parents.
HHS Secretary Alex Azar separately backed up DeVos, saying parents should expect schools to deliver a safe learning environment for their children, even during a pandemic.
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