The Pennsylvania teachers' union says students should temporarily go back to virtual learning, unless safety measures improve. Everybody wants to keep kids in school safely, but can it be done? Doctors say yes, teachers say no. StahlCBS3 reports
The Pennsylvania teachers’ union says students should temporarily go back to virtual learning, unless safety measures improve.'A Recipe For Disaster': Philadelphia Housing Authority Scrutinized After 12 Killed In Fairmount Fire“Schools are not safe to open and there is really no quality of learning going on,” American Federation of Teachers Pennsylvania President Arthur Steinberg said.
“The kids’ learning is suffering because they’re not able to run a quality, efficient program,” Steinberg said. If that doesn’t happen, the AFT says in-person learning should pause for two weeks and students would go back to virtual learning.
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