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INCONVENIENT TRUTH: Remote Teaching is Better Than In-Person Instruction During a Pandemic | gadflyonthewallblog

INCONVENIENT TRUTH: Remote Teaching is Better Than In-Person Instruction During a Pandemic | gadflyonthewallblog
INCONVENIENT TRUTH: Remote Teaching is Better Than In-Person Instruction During a Pandemic




Hundreds of teachers have died from Covid-19.

More than 1 million children have been diagnosed with the disease.

Yet a bipartisan group of seven state Governors said in a joint statement Thursday that in-person schools are safe even when community transmission rates are high.

Safe – despite hundreds of preventable deaths of school employees.

Safe – despite mass outbreaks among students.

Safe – despite quarantines, staffing shortages, longterm illnesses and mounting uncertainty about the longterm effects of the disease on children and adults.

State Governors must have a different definition of safety than the rest of us.

The message was signed by New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf, Delaware Governor John Carney, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont, Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo, and CONTINUE READING: INCONVENIENT TRUTH: Remote Teaching is Better Than In-Person Instruction During a Pandemic | gadflyonthewallblog