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21 Feb, 6 tweets, 5 min read
HAPPENING NOW: @rweingarten talks to @CNN about the Biden school reopening plan, vaccinations, and more. #ReopenSafely
.@rweingarten: Dr. Walensky & the CDC put out safety guidance we asked the Trump administration for months ago. Teachers know in-person instruction is best. We need the guidance to curb #COVID19 & resources to do it. The Biden administration has been a sea change. #ReopenSafely
.@rweingarten: If you're social distancing, you need 30% more space & 30% more educators. The reason so many places are in hybrid is because they don't have the space or the educators. #ReopenSafely
.@rweingarten: Teachers are still scared, but our members told us that with testing & safety mitigation factors in place, 85% are comfortable being in the classroom. We have to put the money where our mouth is. huffpost.com/entry/aft-safe…
.@rweingarten: Teacher unions are not monolithic. But my home union, @uft, reopened schools with testing & safety guardrails back in November. Testing & tracing is what helped us reopen without spreading #COVID19. We've called for it since April. #ReopenSafely
.@rweingarten: We know this costs money. That's why Biden is calling for funding for schools in the #AmericanRescuePlan. If we care about our kids enough to reopen the schools, let's make sure the safety guardrails are in place. #ReopenSafely actionnetwork.org/letters/pass-t…

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"I'm glad that the President has woken up that kids are important, but I am really mad. How dare they go out and say directly the opposite of what their own report said?"

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