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Fedrick Ingram @FloridaEA teachers says kids' lives dispensable; they sued Gov. in court; now in mediation to stop unsafe opening of schools. facebook.com/WTUlocal6 #gettingitright

ElizDavis @WTUTeacher vs unsafe reopening DC schools though she knows remote learning will never replace in-person teaching. Digital divide -35% students didn't have computers &/or internet. Critical teachers & parents involved in planning facebook.com/WTUlocal6 #gettingitright

.@MHarrisPerry asks did we waste the summer? @rweingarten says yes. could have learned more over the summer how to improve remote learning & provide child care etc. for those who need it. Eliz Davis @WTUTeacher agrees- asked for PD to improve distance learning. #gettingitright

.@DrReedTuckson said federal leadership could have controlled community spread better so people cd go back to work & school safely. Instead catastrophe b/c no leadership. #gettingitright

Fedrick Ingram @FloridaEA we wasted time not addressing inequities in internet access; kids using internet outside public libraries. @GovDeSantis irresponsibly following Trump & not medical science.

We know how to keep schools safe but don't have money says @DrReedTuckson All Trump did is try to move money out of public schools to private schools sez @rweingarten We could have figure out necessary safety standards if we had funding. McConnell has no heart. #gettingitright

.@agoggins of BLM also blames on DC @MayorBowser
; schools under mayoral control & didn't step up with the funding. None of this is accident; deep inequities continue #gettingitright

Pre-existing pre-Covid conditions for public schools made issues worse? asks @MHarrisPerry E. Davis @WTUTeacher- inequities, historical underfunding, kids w/o internet & devices, privatization with DC having 1/2 charters. we also need local leaders accountability #gettingitright

.@rweingarten 3 terrible pre-existing conditions: 1-crumbling infrastructure of public schools; incl leaky schools in Philly. 2-If we had community schools cd provide childcare services. 3-Why are carriers NOT automatically giving internet to all students? #GettingitRight

We know schools based on social interaction not distancing - we need smaller classes for that. Our schools need to be redesigned & given resources for success & safety. We have to do all this to enable a new normal says Fedrick Ingram @FloridaEA #GettingitRight