What Does ‘Back to School’ Mean in the Time of COVID-19?
The Daily Signal Podcast
The Daily Signal
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🗓️ 14 July 2020
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
What could "back to school look like during the first fall of the COVID-19 pandemic, and what should it look like? What about an "exclusively virtual" education experience? What are wise precautions to take and what is unrealistic? Lindsey Burke, who directs The Heritage Foundation's Center for Education Policy and is the think tank's Will Skillman fellow in education, joins the podcast to discuss.
We also cover these stories:
- The District of Columbia plus 17 states are taking President Donald Trump’s administration to court.
- Tensions between the U.S. and China continue to escalate, with China putting sanctions on Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas and Marco Rubio of Florida, both Republicans.
- The Washington Redskins have thrown out both their team name and logo.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Tuesday July 14. I'm Kate Trinko. |
| 0:10.0 | And I'm Rachel Del Judas. School districts across the country are trying to determine how their students will return to school, be it in person virtually or a mix of both. |
| 0:20.0 | The Heritage Foundation's Lindsay Burke, director of the Center for Education Policy, joins me to discuss. |
| 0:27.0 | And don't forget, if you're enjoying this podcast, please be sure to leave a review or a five-star rating on Apple Podcast and please encourage others to |
| 0:36.8 | subscribe. Now onto our top news. Washington, D.C. plus 17 states are taking President Donald Trump's administration to court. They are suing the president's administration |
| 0:54.5 | over his decision to deport students from other countries if their school in |
| 0:59.0 | the US chooses to hold only virtual classes due to COVID-19. |
| 1:04.0 | Massachusetts Attorney General Mora Healy, |
| 1:07.0 | whose office is leading the coalition of states suing the federal government, |
| 1:11.0 | said via the hill that the Trump administration didn't even |
| 1:15.4 | attempt to explain the basis for the senseless rule which forces schools to choose |
| 1:20.7 | between keeping their international students enrolled and |
| 1:24.0 | protecting the health and safety of their campuses. |
| 1:27.0 | Filed in Boston, the lawsuit maintains there have been several violations of a |
| 1:32.4 | federal law known as the Administrative Procedure Act, which concerns how certain decision-making power resides with federal agencies. |
| 1:40.0 | At issue is whether ICE's new policy is legally justified or if it was arbitrary and |
| 1:46.1 | capricious and thus illegal under the Act, the Hill reported. |
| 1:49.8 | Tensions between the US and China continue to escalate, with China putting sanctions on |
| 1:56.3 | Senators Ted Cruz of Texas and Marco Rubio of Florida, both Republicans. |
| 2:02.4 | Representative Chris Smith of New Jersey, |
| 2:04.3 | also a Republican, was sanctioned as well, |
| 2:07.2 | as was San Brownback, Ambassador at Large |
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