Trump has spent the past two weeks demanding — often in all caps on Twitter — that American schools reopen this fall. But America's biggest school systems are rejecting him across the country. And the president has little power to do anything about it
President Donald Trump has spent the past two weeks demanding — often in all caps on Twitter — that American schools reopen this fall.
Florida's Miami-Dade County Public Schools — touted as a model by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos for its comprehensive reopening plan — is offering up to five days of in-person learning, along with an online option. But the superintendent now is casting doubt on the possibility of kids returning to classrooms on the first day of school if the city remains the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, though Florida’s new reopening planin August for at least five days per week for all students.
"We want teachers and students to be face-to-face, as much as safely possible," said Rep. Rosa DeLauro , the head of the congressional panel that controls education spending, on Monday. "In some states around the nation with a virus that is out of control, we cannot simply open schools based on the statements of the secretary of education."
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