Category: The Farrell Report

The reopening schools controversy is another tactic to create chaos in the public education sector by presenting teachers in a negative light and distracting the larger public from other issues at hand.

teachers and their union leaders are repeatedly calling for teacher vaccinations before fully reopening schools.

there is little appetite to provide the necessary funding, during this pandemic, to support the in-person education of these students in a safe and healthy way.

They assume that the proper protocols of building ventilation, small class sizes, social distancing, mask wearing, hand washing, and access to disinfectants are widely available in all school settings.

Without strong COVID-19 mitigation, the rapid return to school will be a dumpster fire.

The lack of access to remote learning among the poorest students, who have mushroomed in number during the pandemic, is a challenge that has not yet effectively been dealt with.

It is imperative that the Biden-Harris administration choose an Education Secretary who is up to redirecting the Department’s emphasis back toward K-12 public education.

Given the challenges of remote learning for poor and working-class children coupled with rising hunger, these children and their parents need help, and it needs to occur now as a sign that they and their parents’ votes matter.

This perilous educational period demands someone who is equipped with a broad skill-set and professional experience, who can hit the ground running and salvage the educational futures of generations to come.

Given this reality, it is imperative that Joe Biden focus like a laser beam on turning out the Democratic base and not waste any substantial resources on persuading Trump voters to back him.