The president of the second largest teachers union asks to reopen schools in the fall

The head of the 1.7 million labor force group Members said that political pressure from Republican legislators did not influence his call Thursday to the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) for the reopening of schools .

Neither, said Weingarten , there were further discussions with the management of Biden on the reopening of the school during the Covid pandemic – that will influence their call back to the classroom.

Randi Weirgaten noted that the CDC guidelines and mass vaccination days make the feasible to reopen schools .

Union leader cited expanded eligibility for coronavirus vaccines, federal security for the reopening , in addition to the hundreds of billions of dollars in federal aid now being ntending to K schools – 06.

“Between vaccinations, mitigation, collaboration, and just being in school, you saw a formula on how to build trust and the transparency necessary for everyone to return ”, .

“It was not a new conversation with the administration that led to this speech. They did what we asked them to do, which we thought would be key to the reopening, ”he said about Biden and the White House. “I saw those things in action and that built confidence.”

Those circumstances mean that “nothing should get in the way” of the total reopening of schools public this fall, ”Weingarten told union members.

Labor groups and governments still face a difficult challenge: Federal data shows that public schools have largely reopened for some form of in-person learning , but often not full-time and with few minority students in classrooms.

Weingarten’s ad followed what she described as sessions separate briefings on his planned remarks with the first lady Jill Biden, who is an educator, and with the Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona .

AFT’s larger counterpart, the National Education Association, of which Jill Biden is a member, also suggested that supported Weingarten’s Fall Back-to-School Message.