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UFT Dissident Faction: Don't Reopen Schools

By CRYSTAL LEWIS
Posted 7/31/20

A dissident group within the United Federation of Teachers July 29 urged Mayor de Blasio and the Department of Education not to resume in-person instruction in the fall.

Members of the Movement of Rank and File Educators caucus, as well as parents, health-care workers and other advocates, cautioned that schools would not be ready to provide safe conditions for staff and students once blended-learning—which allows students to receive both in-person and remote instruction—begins in September.

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