If Chicago just abolished the public schools, that would solve the problem.
Let the parents make their own arrangements—f&^% the teachers’ union.
Betsy De Vos and Trump were discussing some kind of direct grant to parents to either enable them to be part of “learning pods,” where a group of parents hires a teacher to teach their kids in a group class at one of their homes, or send their kids to private schools.
Miraculously, the teachers at Catholic or other religious schools and most private schools seem to be immune to Covid, since in my area, most of them are happily back at work and the kids are running around the playground again.
Meanwhile, the majority of public school teachers are refusing to return to the classroom because the union has urged them not to return and sends out daily doses of fear porn.
On-line learning? They recently discovered that many teachers were not doing any at all, since it turned out that the kids weren’t showing up. Others were pre-recording a lesson and just pressing play for their sessions (which were supposed to be live and interactive). Meanwhile, they’re collecting their full salary.