New Study: School reopenings are linked to union influence and political partisanship but not COVID-19 hospitalization rates.
"We find that pandemic severity, as measured by the county COVID-19 hospitalization rate, had no relationship with the probability of in-person reopening." bradmarianno.faculty.unlv.edu/working-papers/
"These findings match a growing body of literature that suggests local school reopening decisions are more about interest group influence and politics instead of pandemic spread (DeAngelis, & Makridis, 2020; Grossman et al., 2020; Hartney & Finger, 2020)"
NEW: Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear vetoed a bill to fund students instead of systems Wednesday
He said "I am a proud product of public education. A proud graduate of Kentucky's public schools."
But newly surfaced documents reveal he also attended private school in Kentucky.
Governor Beshear: "I went to Kentucky's public schools"
Governor Beshear: "I am a proud product of public education. A proud graduate of Kentucky's public schools. My commitment to public education runs deep." lex18.com/news/covering-…