Remote learning was off to a fine crash-and-burn Wednesday, with big problems all across the city. Worse yet, many teachers are determined not to show when in-person schooling resumes in a few days — under any condition. Mayor de Blasio nonetheless vows schools will open Monday. He needs to stand tough.
“The mayor’s reopening plan is not safe,” huffed a teachers-union caucus, the Movement of Rank and File Educators. It blasted the city for “inadequate contact tracing and a lack of transparency” and threatened that teachers wouldn’t return until they’re satisfied — which looks like never.
United Federation of Teachers boss Mike Mulgrew cited a “major staffing challenge.” The city is adding 2,000 teachers, but principals-union head Mark Cannizzaro says 10,000 are needed. Indeed, the hapless Department of Education dropped the news late Tuesday that roughly half the children slated for “blended” learning may have no direct contact with a teacher on days when they’re logged in from home.
It’s a mess. This is a system, after all, run by a race-obsessed chancellor whose hires have left the bureaucracy even more inept than usual.
The full report on this troubling story here.
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