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01.06.2023 / 22:53

Senate passes GOP bill overturning student loan cancellation plan, Biden expected to veto

FILE - US President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with leaders of his federal emergency preparedness and response team to receive the annual briefing on extreme weather preparedness, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)WASHINGTON - A Republican measure overturning President Joe Biden's student loan cancellation plan passed the Senate on Thursday and now awaits an expected veto.The vote was 52-46, with support from Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Jon Tester of Montana as well as Arizona Sen.

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US teachers’ union leader supports vaccine mandate for educators as delta variant surges

Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers during a town hall with 2020 presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and members of the American Federation of Federation of Teachers, in Philadelphia, PA, on May 13, 2019 As a growing number of companies are requiring employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19, the president of the American Federation of Teachers union said on Sunday that she personally supports a vaccine mandate for educators."Vaccines are the single most important way of dealing with COVID.

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'We can and we must': President of teachers union calls for full reopening of schools in fall

WASHINGTON - The president of the American Federation of Teachers called Thursday for a full return to in-person learning in the fall, saying the union is "all in" on bringing students back to the classroom.In prepared remarks obtained by The Associated Press, Randi Weingarten says the wide availability of vaccines and a new infusion of federal education money have removed many obstacles that prevented schools from opening."Conditions have changed," Weingarten says in remarks for an address on social media. "We can and we must reopen schools in the fall for in-person teaching, learning and support.

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Protesting across Philly, teachers blast officials for lack of safe plans for school return

NORTH PHILADELPHIA - Refusing to put Philadelphia teachers, students and families at risk, the union representing Philadelphia teachers protested across the city Monday.They are calling the return to in-person learning "obscene" under current conditions and until they know staff and students will be protected from the coronavirus, they will continue teaching remotely."Fans and plywood? I say this this way because it is so disrespectful. I thought it was a kind of parody from SNL," exclaimed Randi Weingarten.Weingarten, of the American Federation of Teachers, ripped School District of Philadelphia’s plan to ventilate schools.

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Philadelphia Federation of Teachers to protest district's reopening plan on Monday

PHILADELPHIA - The Philadelphia Federation of Teachers and its members will participate in a "day of action for safe schools" on Monday to protest the School District of Philadelphia's plan to welcome a limited number of students back in two weeks.Union boss Jerry Jordan will be joined by American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten and state leader Arthur Steinberg on a four-stop tour of Philadelphia schools.MORE: Philadelphia Federation of Teachers tells members not to report to school buildings MondayUnion leadership, which will also be joined by a cohort of educators and politicians, will hold an 8:30 press conference at Gompers Elementary School in the Overbrook section of the city.

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Ingraham: 'Left-wing loafers' of teachers' unions 'killing the kids' with insistence on school closures

Teachers' unions are anxious for President-elect Joe Biden to take office so they can further consolidate their power, Laura Ingraham told viewers Thursday. "The Ingraham Angle" host discussed reports that the race to be the next education secretary is between American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten and Lily Eskelsen Garcia, the head of the National Education Association. "Do you really think either of those women has any interest in doing what's best for your kids?" Ingraham asked.

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4 U.S. teachers die of coronavirus after school year begins

coronavirus since the dawn of the new school year, and a teachers’ union leader worries that the return to in-person classes will have a deadly impact across the U.S. if proper precautions aren’t taken.AshLee DeMarinis was just 34 when she died Sunday after three weeks in the hospital.

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National teacher union supports striking if it’s unsafe to return to school

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