Teachers Union Pres. Randi Weingarten on What Happens this Fall
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🗓️ 7 July 2020
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Randi Weingarten is President of The American Federation of Teachers, one of two teachers’ unions in the U. S. She previews what SHOULD happen this fall as schools restart. She worries about what WILL happen if Trump continues his lies about Covid 19. She also reveals the results of a new poll of teachers on the effectiveness of remote learning. Spoiler alert: Not good.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, friends, and welcome back to the Bill Press Pod. |
| 0:11.5 | Well, here we are, middle of the summer, and parents are worried. |
| 0:15.4 | Schools were shut down due to the coronavirus in March, April, May, and June. |
| 0:20.4 | Most summer camps and summer schools |
| 0:22.4 | were canceled for July and August. And now the big question worrying parents and students |
| 0:28.1 | and teachers, what happens in September? Clearly, the pandemic won't be over, as we had hoped. |
| 0:36.1 | And this poses a big problem for K through 12 and for higher |
| 0:39.8 | education. So is there any way that schools and colleges can reopen? If classes do reopen, |
| 0:47.1 | will they be in person or online? Do all students have access to online classes and are all |
| 0:53.8 | teachers qualified to teach them. So many |
| 0:57.7 | important questions. For answers today, we turn to somebody who's been leading our schools |
| 1:03.6 | through this time of crisis, Randy Weingarten, one of America's most dynamic labor leaders |
| 1:09.9 | and president of the American Federation of Teachers. |
| 1:13.6 | Randy Weingarten is good to reconnect. |
| 1:15.1 | Nice to see you again. |
| 1:16.6 | Nice to see you and nice to hear from you, Bill. |
| 1:19.5 | And I hope that everybody is safe in your universe. |
| 1:23.1 | They are indeed. |
| 1:24.4 | And I hope in yours as well. |
| 1:26.3 | So certainly, I think it's true to say that schools, parents, students, and teachers have never faced a greater challenge in our time than that posed by COVID-19. |
| 1:38.9 | And we know it's not over yet. |
| 1:40.9 | So I'd like to begin by asking you the question that I get all the time. What's going to |
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