When polled, nearly 2/3 of educators said they would prefer that schools remain closed in the fall to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
June 11, 2020 -- As school officials decide whether they can reopen their doors in the fall, a major challenge will be to reassure teachers and parents that classrooms are safe and that online learning remains an option for vulnerable people.
Nearly 2 of every 3 educators are concerned about the health implications of resuming in-person instruction. “I am concerned about my health, but I am more concerned about older workers, including my 71-year-old mother, who is a receiving clerk at one of our schools. We know you can be asymptomatic and pass on the virus,” says Amy Bowser, who teaches gifted children at two elementary schools in Humboldt Unified School District in northern Arizona.
In addition, 7% of respondents are age 65 or older, which the CDC says raises the risk of severe illness.may lead them to leave the profession, even though they were not planning to do so before it happened. Twenty-four percent of teachers, principals, and district leaders say they’ll leave their jobs if schools reopen without these kinds of measures in place, which would contribute to teacher shortages. Educators with health conditions took this position more than their peers without such conditions , according to the EdWeek survey.
Language teachers are concerned that wearing masks in the classroom would hinder their students’ ability to learn. “English is not my native language, and when I was learning it, I counted on watching my teacher’s face andto really understand the words,” says Leila Kubesch, who teaches English to seventh and eighth graders and accelerated Spanish to eighth graders at Norwood Middle School in Cincinnati, OH.
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