WORT 89.9FM Madison · How do teachers unions want to address the pandemic?

Teachers’ unions across the world have been pushing back against school boards to rapidly reopen public schools.

Last week in France, public school teachers voted to strike over confusing and inconsistent back-to-school pandemic orders. In the United States, the threat of strikes in Chicago and elsewhere have forced school boards to rethink their plans.

For more on these demands, the costs of remote learning, and what an appropriate balance between teacher and family demands might look like, Buzz host Brian Standing speaks with Melissa Arnold Lyon, a senior research scientist at Consortium for Policy Research in Education and a postdoctoral research associate at the Annenberg Institute at Brown University.

Originally aired 1/24/22. Photo courtesy Tobi Law on Unsplash.

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