An increasing number of states in northern Nigeria are closing their schools to protect their students from a rise in “abductions and banditry in the last two months,” the Nigerian newspaper This Day reported on Tuesday.
Former Ohio State Treasurer Josh Mandel, a GOP candidate for U.S. Senate next year, told Breitbart News exclusively he is calling on Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine to cut the nonsense, end his state’s mask mandate, and reopen Ohio entirely right now.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” White House Senior Adviser for COVID Response Andy Slavitt wouldn’t say whether President Joe Biden’s new goal of administering at least one vaccine shot to every educator will move up Biden’s timeline to
Glenn Kessler fact-checks Republicans for a living at the Washington Post, but on Sunday he got fact-checked for improperly accusing former President Trump of being dishonest about President Joe Biden’s inability to reopen schools.
Parents in San Francisco fed up with shuttered schools have launched a campaign to recall three elected members of the local school board.
On Saturday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Cavuto Live,” Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI) stated that when the money in the most recent coronavirus relief bill enters the system and “we get the teachers vaccinated,” we’ll see schools re-open. Dingell
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) criticized the Biden administration for not pushing to open up schools, but bragging about the educational services in migrant centers. Scott said, “What a bunch
On Thursday’s broadcast of ABC’s “GMA3,” American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten stated that returning students to classrooms full-time “is going to depend upon what’s going on with physical distancing, and what’s going on with the variants.” Co-host Amy Robach
The British government is advising that secondary school pupils wear masks when they reopen — but that they cannot be made compulsory.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of Fox News Radio’s “Guy Benson Show,” Senate Republican Conference Chair Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) slammed the coronavirus relief proposal for how it handles school re-openings by stating that the money isn’t tied to re-opening, and 95% of the
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that President Joe Biden has had a “professional organization” and hasn’t had many mistakes other than “one little error” on “when schools are going to re-open.” Brooks said, “He’s amazingly done
On Friday’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition,” Director of the Harvard Healthy Buildings Program and Associate Professor Dr. Joseph Allen criticized the CDC’s school re-opening guidelines by stating that if schools follow the guidelines, schools that are open now would
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom,” Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI) defended the push for more funding for schools in the coronavirus relief bill even though only some of the money will be released in FY 2021
On Thursday’s “CNN Newsroom,” Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) stated that teachers should be the next group to receive the coronavirus vaccine, and that doing so is “really important for them to be able to stay in the workforce. It doesn’t
On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) stated that “this whole country’s got to re-open our schools.” And more attention needs to be paid to the emotional pain children are suffering as
Parents will be expected to test secondary school children, aged 11 to 18, twice a week under government plans to reopen schools from next month, according to reports.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of Fox News Radio’s “Brian Kilmeade Show,” Rep. Michael Waltz (R-FL) said that there is “class warfare” taking place by keeping schools closed. Because people who are wealthy can send their kids to private schools and white-collar
On Wednesday’s broadcast of Fox News Radio’s “Brian Kilmeade Show,” Rep. Michael Waltz (R-FL) criticized President Joe Biden’s school re-opening plan by stating that Biden isn’t pushing for re-opening high schools, and “if you have a 9th grader or a
On Wednesday’s broadcast of Fox News Radio’s “Guy Benson Show,” Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) said Democrats “cry about taking care of the most vulnerable,” but the party’s leadership “made a decision to support teachers’ unions” over the needs of low-income
On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The ReidOut,” Senior Adviser and Chief Spokesperson to Vice President Kamala Harris Symone Sanders stated that both Harris and President Joe Biden think that teachers should be a priority to receive the coronavirus vaccine, and
Parents whose children attend an elementary school in Utah complained after a teacher read a book to third graders about a transgender boy.
During a town hall on CNN on Tuesday, President Joe Biden stated that he thinks we will be “close to” having the majority of K-8 schools back five days a week at the end of his first 100 days in
During a town hall on CNN on Tuesday, President Joe Biden said that his administration saying that re-opening the majority of schools in the first 100 days could mean those schools are only open one day a week was “not
On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The ReidOut,” National Education Association President Becky Pringle stated that Congress has to act on funding improved school ventilation because “We’ve been waiting for 11 months, still no money.” Host Joy Reid asked, “Do you
On Monday’s “CNN Newsroom,” Chicago Teachers’ Union Vice President Stacy Davis Gates stated that the fight over re-opening schools in Chicago has “never been about the guidelines per se in Chicago. It has always been about the generations of neglect,
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) accused the Biden administration of caving to teachers’ unions on re-opening schools and stated that CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky is walking back her prior
The new CDC guidelines on school re-openings, after pressure from teachers’ unions, are so strict that they would prevent most schools from opening.
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that students can return to school safely right now, but teachers’ unions and the Biden administration are not informing teachers “of what we know scientifically to be true.” Brooks said, “We
On Saturday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) argued that parents should be the ones deciding if their kids return to in-person learning, not the government. Mace said, “Well, if we follow the
Rep. Jason Smith told Breitbart News Friday that House Democrats, in private discussions with him, have said school shutdowns should end.
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America Reports,” Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY) called for every single school in America to have all their students back in class immediately. Zeldin said, [relevant remarks begin around 6:45] “Every single school
On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” White House Senior Adviser on the COVID Response Andy Slavitt said he wishes there was “a one-word answer” to whether or not teachers need to be vaccinated in order for schools to re-open,
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Evening Edit,” Rep. James Comer (R-KY) stated that if teachers refuse to do their jobs and go back to in-person instruction, “then they should be terminated.” Comer said, [relevant remarks begin around
Psaki surprised reporters Tuesday when she revealed that Biden’s promise to get the majority of schools open in the first 100 days of his administration was for “at least one day a week” for in-person learning.
During a press conference on Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki stated that President Joe Biden’s goal for re-opening schools is to have more than 50% of schools teaching in class “at least one day a week” by the
On Tuesday’s “CNN Newsroom,” American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten stated that CDC guidance on re-opening schools won’t be the roadmap for re-opening schools, but will be “a huge piece” of the roadmap, teachers should be a priority for
During an interview aired on Monday’s “CBS Evening News,” President Joe Biden stated that teachers’ unions “want to go back to school.” But the unions “need some guidance.” Host Norah O’Donnell asked, “There are teachers’ unions across the country, though,
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America Reports,” Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) pushed for school reopenings and denying additional funding to schools that won’t reopen by stating, “our private schools, our Catholic schools with pennies on the dollar,
During Saturday’s broadcast of FNC’s “Justice,” Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) warned of the consequences of keeping schools closed for prolonged periods around the country, saying such policies lacked “scientific evidence” of being effective.
On Saturday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America’s News HQ,” Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) said that if she was Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D), she “would fire every one of these teachers that will not go back to school
