Trump to defund schools unless they reopen for on-person instruction

That's not entirely fair. She works very hard as a PR flack for her billionaire friends who want to convert public education into a privatized money making cash cow.

 

Its not just the kids that are at risk...

3 educators battled COVID-19 after teaching in the same room. 1 died. Now, they have a warning
https://www.azcentral.com/story/new...ions-raised-over-school-reopening/5405651002/

 

And any grandchildren she has... plus trump's grandchildren. If its safe enough for our teachers and children its safe enough for them...

 

Trump would prefer to listen to Alex, who made money as a pharmaceutical industry lobbyist. During his tenure at Eli Lily diabetes medication went up 345 percent and insulin prices went up 459 percent. He doesn't care about people other than to profit off them. He put a dog breeder, with minimal health experience in charge of leading the agency's day-to-day response to COVID-19.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-hhschief-speci-idUSKCN2243CE

• ALEX AZAR quote " Our CDC guidance is guidance. When it comes to reopening our schools, nobody should hide behind CDC's guidance as a way to not reopen schools. Our guidance is to enable and empower the reopening of schools and physical attendance by our kids."

Who has more to gain from that statement, Alex Azar or the CDC? Again, what about the teachers?

One in four teachers at greater risk from coronavirus
By Tami Luhby, CNN
Updated 11:07 PM EDT, Fri July 10, 2020
https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/10/politics/teachers-schools-coronavirus/index.html

 

What’s funny (and sad) is that while as a teacher I despise her because she’s trash, we have had far worse then her recently.

 

The thing I'm noticing about the debate (which should maybe in quotes because I think it's more a PR blitz upon a sometimes skeptical public), is that all the arguments are around public policy and are not marketing pitches tailored to my own circumstance. So they say we need to do this because parents need the childcare, young children need the socialization, kids don't get as sick, etc. Iow, they are playing the statistics and trying to optimize large groups of people. What they have not done -- the marketing I'm referring to -- is make an argument about why I should send my kids to school, or to keep them home. Poor kids rely on the free lunch? Not my kids. Working parents rely on the childcare? Not me. Kids can't meet their social needs without school? Mine can (well actually, I'm worried about one of them but the others can). Kids will fall behind academically? Mine will maybe be less far ahead, but not behind. I'd like to see the argument about why I -- not a faceless statistic -- should willingly send my kids into an infection hotspot.

 

Some odd reason I suspect none of their children will be counted among those going back to school

For all intents and purposes. . . we might as well put 4% of 2% of children on a big ole slab of stone
and plung knives in their chest as sacrifices to the GODS OF ECONOMY.
This is every bit the same imo

Rocket River

 

I wonder is there is an underlying fear of the State no longer in control of the indoctrination of the kids

Rocket River

 

We need to keep in mind that the President can't actually force schools to open. Schools are a state matter and the federal government can only control them through funding.

In the case of US troops being sent in to enforce Brown v. Board of Education that was enforcing civil rights that had been decided by the courts.

 

isn't that what the thread title is basically saying

 

and that’s Congress’s job

 

And they only provide 8% of funding to public schools:

https://www.cbpp.org/research/state...Schools Rely Heavily on State,(See Figure 1.)

 

exactly

 

Yes, just reemphasizing the point as a lot of posts make it seem like Trump and Devos could actually force the schools open.

I’m sure loss of federal funding will hurt school districts but I wonder if many districts, especially with already cutting back on maintaining facilities because of shutdowns might be able to survive. Also for funding mandated by Congress districts might be able to sue to keep federal funds.

 

republican complaining that Democrats are politicizing COVID-19...

 

its clear in the posts they can't force them

people are just pointing out the ridiculous stuff Devos as a cabinet secretary is saying like "parents just social distance from the children" and "just use the same guidance from the private sector"