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Into America

Into Coronavirus and the Classroom: Teachers Swap Chalkboards for Apps

Into America

Trymaine Lee, MS NOW

Black Lives Matter, Covid-19, Policy, Documentary, Justice, Health, Society & Culture, Breonna Taylor, Trymaine Lee, Politics, George Floyd, Msnbc, Government, Cultural, History, News, Ms Now, News Commentary, Social, Blm, Versant, Culture, Society

4.63.4K Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

A middle school teacher on the frustrating challenges, awkward moments, and surprising bright spots of teaching online.

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0:00.0

As the nation debates the right way to handle school reopenings, teachers are finding themselves

0:11.8

in the middle of the fight.

0:13.6

In Florida, the state's biggest teachers union sued the state over its plans to reopen

0:17.9

this fall.

0:20.2

One child gets it and brings it to their teacher and they bring that home then it just keeps

0:25.9

spreading more and more.

0:27.9

Earlier this month, an op-ed ran in the Atlantic with the headline, I'm a nurse in New York.

0:33.5

Teachers should do their jobs just like I did.

0:37.7

Protesters oppose the reopening schools in Michigan, fashioned mock gravestones out of cardboard.

0:44.2

One read, quote, RIP grandma, quote COVID helping grandkids with homework.

0:55.2

That sound is from WXYZ Detroit's ABC station.

0:59.4

I stand here today for every teacher who is afraid to go back into a classroom every parent

1:05.2

who is afraid to send their children back.

1:07.5

I stand here today even for those in school administrators who are pressured to make these

1:12.8

decisions against their better gentlemen.

1:20.6

As a parent, it's been wild to watch this all play out.

1:30.0

The nearly 6,000 teachers in the San Diego Unified School District have at least one thing

1:34.7

on their side, a sense of certainty.

1:37.8

They know they will not be headed back to the classroom this fall.

1:41.4

But the new school year will present its share of challenges.

1:45.3

Research shows that the sudden move to online learning this spring set a lot of students

1:49.4

back academically.

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