Ahead of School Year Start, Teachers Raise Concerns About Remote and In-Person Instruction Alike

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4.6 • 656 Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2020

⏱️ 31 minutes

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As school districts around the country issue pandemic education plans, there’s widespread concern among teachers about safety, equity and how to make the most of online learning. We’ll talk about a new NPR/Ipsos teacher survey, and we’ll hear how one local teachers’ union is handling its members’ concerns about education in the time of Covid. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:16.2	Across the country, teachers are expressing deep concern about education during the pandemic.
1:21.5	According to a new NPR survey, more than 80% of teachers worry that online instruction will
1:26.8	worsen learning gaps and cause students to fall behind. And just 11% of teachers worry that online instruction will worsen learning gaps and cause students to fall
1:29.1	behind. And just 11% of teachers say their school district's got a final plan for the school
1:35.0	year. On top of that, by a two to one margin, teachers say they don't want to return to in-person
1:40.2	instruction, a prospect not immediately on the horizon in California, unless county health
1:45.5	officials decide to grant waivers to eligible elementary schools. In this segment, we're going to
1:50.0	talk about how teachers are approaching the reopening of schools. And joining us is Anya Keminitz,
1:54.9	who is education correspondent for NPR, and welcome to the program. Thanks for having me.
1:59.6	Glad to have you. Also glad to have Marissa Glidden join us, president of the United Teachers of Richmond and a to the program. Thanks for having me. Glad to have you. Also glad to have
2:01.1	Marissa Glidden join us, president of the United Teachers of Richmond and a sixth grade
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