Psaki says Biden has been 'very clear' that schools should be open but WON'T condemn the Chicago teacher's union for keeping schools shut for the fourth day in a row
Chicago school officials cancelled classes Monday for the fourth consecutive day Chicago Teachers Union wants districtwide remote learning amid covid outbreak 350,000-student district is nation's third largest Psaki said schools 'should be open across the country' She was asked if Biden would use the 'bully pulpit' to apply more pressure She said Biden has been clear that 'we err on the side of schools being open' Talks between the city and the union are ongoing By Geoff Earle, Deputy U.S. Political Editor For Dailymail.com
Published: 22:44 GMT, 10 January 2022 | Updated: 23:36 GMT, 10 January 2022
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki reaffirmed Monday that schools 'should be open' across the country – after Chicago schools remained closed amid a standoff over covid testing and a union push for a return to remote teaching.
But Psaki declined to push at the city's powerful teacher's union when asked whether President Joe Biden would use the 'bully pulpit' of his office to pressure its members.
'The President's view is that school should be open across the country and more than 95% are, across the country, that the mental health impact on kids of not having schools open is is very harsh and hard and he does not want to see schools closed across the country.' Psaki said Monday, a day that school officials ordered schools closed for their fourth consecutive day in Chicago.
'So that there's no secret about that. That continues to be what he states. That's
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