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While making appearances on several Sunday morning news shows, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos continued to defend reopening schools across the country, saying that getting back to learning is "imperative."

While making appearances on several Sunday morning news shows, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos continued to defend reopening schools across the country, saying that getting back to learning is "imperative."

  1. 12. heinäk. 2020

    . says getting back to learning is “imperative” and that kids can be back in the classroom. She says five days a week, in-person classes has to be an option.

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  2. 12. heinäk. 2020

    “We need to ensure students have a full year plus of learning,” said on . “They’ve fallen behind this spring. We need to ensure they’re back in a classroom situation wherever possible and whenever possible...fully learning.”

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  3. 12. heinäk. 2020

    BREAKING: says CDC guidelines are supposed to be helpful in getting kids back to school: “There has to be a posture of action, doing something.” Secretary DeVos says students need to get back to the classroom.

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  4. 12. heinäk. 2020

    Education Secretary , questioned by , repeatedly refuses to say whether schools should follow CDC guidelines on re-opening

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  5. 12. heinäk. 2020

    Trump is demanding schools reopen & threatening to withhold funding over it; but what if there's an outbreak? "Schools should have plans," says Edu Sec. Betsy DeVos, repeating declining to say how they should respond to an outbreak. She also cited "private sector examples."

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  6. 12. heinäk. 2020

    “There’s going to be the exception to the rule, but the rule should be that kids go back to school this fall. And where there are little flare-ups or hot spots, that can be dealt with on a school-by-school or case-by-case basis,” on

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  7. 12. heinäk. 2020

    Education Secretary Betsy DeVos calls on schools to reopen despite CDC guidelines that say children meeting in groups can put everyone at risk: "There is going to be the exception to the rule. But the rule should be that kids go back to school this fall"

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  8. 12. heinäk. 2020

    Should teachers who are at risk because of their age or have an underlying illness go back into the classroom if they don't feel comfortable? "That's something for them to work out with their local district," Education Secretary Betsy DeVos tells .

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  9. 12. heinäk. 2020

    According to the Kaiser Foundation, one in four teachers have a condition that puts them at higher risk of serious illness from coronavirus.

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  10. 12. heinäk. 2020

    As school districts struggle to combine the Trump Administration's push for in-person learning with CDC guidelines, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos says "the CDC guidelines are just that, meant to be flexible and meant to be applied as appropriate for the situation"

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  11. 12. heinäk. 2020

    Betsy DeVos to on . “There’s nothing in the data that would suggest that kids being back in school is dangerous to them.” DeVos downplays possibility kids can pass virus along to others. DeVos also won’t say if schools should listen to CDC guidelines

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  12. 12. heinäk. 2020

    U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said Sunday public schools that don't reopen in the fall shouldn't get federal funds. Instead, she says families should get the funds to decide other options to educate their children.

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  13. 12. heinäk. 2020

    President Trump and his Administration are messing with the health of our children as they seek to rush schools to reopen.

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  14. 12. heinäk. 2020

    House Speaker Nancy Pelosi calls comments from Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on schools reopening during the pandemic a "dereliction of duty"

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  15. 12. heinäk. 2020

    Education Secretary Betsy DeVos pushed ahead Sunday with the Trump administration’s pressure campaign on schools to resume in-person classes this fall. CDC guidelines call in-person classes the “highest risk” scenario for the spread of the coronavirus.

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  16. 12. heinäk. 2020

    Betsy Devos called the CDC's guidelines for reopening schools "common sense" in a break from Trump, who previously said the rules are too burdensome. They agree, though, that children should return to class in the fall

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  17. 10. heinäk. 2020

    “Ultimately, it’s not a matter of if schools need to open, it’s a matter of how. Schools must reopen, they must be fully operational. And how that happens is best left to education and community leaders,” -

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  18. 7. heinäk. 2020

    President Trump says his administration will be putting pressure on governors to reopen schools in the fall.

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