(01-28-2021 11:56 AM)Bear Catlett Wrote: Nobody is going to listen to this guy because none of this mess is based on fact, but rather agenda.
Oh, I believe that there are some in education that will listen and agree. Many won't speak out because to do so will paint a big target on their own backs.
I need you to clarify - what in his letter was not based on fact? I'll wait while you find something to copy and paste.
"This mess" means the covid outbreak reaction. None of the covid outbreak reaction is based on fact.
(01-28-2021 04:53 PM)MileHighBronco Wrote: Video - Teachers Against Science
Quote:Teachers' unions across the country have consistently opposed efforts to reopen schools, citing safety concerns. In some instances, teachers have fought to be included among the first wave of people to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, only to continue their resistance to in-person education.
The Washington Post reported Wednesday that, according to scientific research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there is little evidence of COVID-19 transmission in schools that take standard precautionary measures.
"The preponderance of available evidence from the fall school semester has been reassuring," the CDC researchers wrote in the Journal of the American Medical Association. "There has been little evidence that schools have contributed meaningfully to increased community transmission."
The CDC's finding that schools can be reopened safely, combined with mounting evidence suggesting that remote learning has been detrimental to the mental health and academic achievement of young students, creates a dilemma for teachers who don't want to go back to work. It also raises questions—the answers to which are pretty obvious—about whether the unions are as concerned about their students' well-being as they claim to be.
The Chicago Teachers Union, for example, is preparing to strike this week after the nation's third-largest school district ordered a return to in-person learning. The union even produced a defiant video in which a bunch of dance teachers "use their art form as a voice to express their desire to feel safe." If watching this doesn't make you feel optimistic about the state of public education in America, nothing will.
We decided to make our own modified version, highlighting the importance of science. Enjoy!
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Teacher Pens Open Letter to His Peers
