Education Secretary wants U.S. schools open, offers no safety plan

Betsy DeVos did not offer any details on how her department would advise or help school districts and states with their reopenings amid a resurgence in coronavirus cases across the country

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy Devos speaks during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House on March 27, 2020, in Washington, DC.Education Secretary Betsy DeVos kept up the administration’s push to reopen U.S. schools in the fall on Sunday, but failed to embrace any blueprint - including federal health guidelines - for how that could be done safely.

She did not offer any details on how her department would advise or help school districts and states with their reopenings amid a resurgence in coronavirus cases across the country.DeVos also downplayed the risk of children bringing the virus home to parents, grandparents or caregivers. Her comments drew an immediate rebuke from Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who said the Trump administration’s approach to schools reopening was dangerous.

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