{"id":141433,"date":"2021-02-17T12:21:16","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T17:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=141433"},"modified":"2021-02-17T12:28:25","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T17:28:25","slug":"kamala-harris-dodges-questions-about-returning-teachers-to-classrooms-says-teachers-should-be-priority-for-vaccine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-dodges-questions-about-returning-teachers-to-classrooms-says-teachers-should-be-priority-for-vaccine\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamala Harris Dodges Questions About Returning Teachers To Classrooms, Says Teachers Should Be Priority For Vaccine"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkamala-harris-dodges-questions-about-returning-teachers-to-classrooms-says-teachers-should-be-priority-for-vaccine%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=141433&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Kamala-Harris-2.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Vice President Kamala Harris is the latest Biden administration official to dodge questions about the White House\u2019s pledge to return teachers and students to classrooms, telling a story about her first-grade teacher rather than address new guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to NBC News on Wednesday, Harris neatly sidestepped questions about whether the Biden administration is still pledging to return students to in-classroom learning five days per week within the first 100 days of President Joe Biden\u2019s term \u2014 a pledge Biden reiterated in a town hall event Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTeachers should be a priority,\u201d Harris answered, going on to note that her \u201cfirst-grade teacher had attended her law school graduation,\u201d per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/kamala-harris-joe-biden-vaccination-schools-return-evasive-1569869\">Newsweek<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if she believed teachers must be vaccinated in order to return to classrooms \u2014 something the CDC said last week is not necessary for safe in-person learning \u2014 Harris would only say that teachers should be a \u201cpriority\u201d for the COVID-19 shot and that real policy on the subject should be left to the states.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTeachers should be a priority,\u201d Harris reiterated, noting that teachers \u201care critical to our children\u2019s development, they should be able to teach in a safe place and expand the minds and the opportunities of our children. So teachers should be a priority along with other front-line workers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe states are making decisions individually about where they will be on the list of who gets vaccinated,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Harris did go on to say that other \u201cpreventative\u201d measures should be in place and that a fourth billion-dollar COVID-19 relief package is necessary for schools to be able to implement safety protocols.<\/p>\n<p>NBC News Savannah Guthrie then pressed Harris on the CDC recommendations themselves, which tie the ability for schools to open safely to the infection rate in surrounding communities \u2014 a statistic that could leave many students mired in a virtual learning system until at least next year, even as many schools, in what the CDC considers \u201cred\u201d \u2014 or dangerous \u2014 areas of community spread have been in-person since the beginning of the 2020-2021 school year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe issue here is not just about statistics \u2014 it\u2019s about our kids, it\u2019s about their parents,\u201d Harris said, fumbling. \u201cIt\u2019s about the fact that every day our kids are missing essential, critical days in their educational development.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEach day in the life of a child is a very long time,\u201d Harris added, \u201cAnd that\u2019s why we\u2019ve got to collectively do everything in our power to reopen our schools as quickly as possible, as safely as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration has fallen under sharp criticism over the last several weeks over the plan to reopen schools. Although Biden himself promised to re-open schools for five-day-per-week in-classroom learning within the first 100 days of his tenure, the plan puts him at odds with teachers\u2019 unions, who were major donors to Biden\u2019s presidential campaign. Administration spokespeople, including press secretary Jen Psaki, have waffled between reiterated Biden\u2019s commitment to his pledge and distancing the White House from CDC recommendations and scientific data.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">a member<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vice President Kamala Harris is the latest Biden administration official to dodge questions about the White House\u2019s pledge to return teachers and students to classrooms, telling a story about her &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2181410,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Kamala-Harris-2.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Kamala Harris Dodges Questions About Returning Teachers To Classrooms, Says Teachers Should Be Priority For Vaccine","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-141433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Kamala-Harris-2.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Kamala Harris Dodges Questions About Returning Teachers To Classrooms, Says Teachers Should Be Priority For Vaccine","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141433\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2181410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}