Florida Parent And Teachers Ask If It's Safe To Go Back To School As COVID-19 Cases Rise
b"Episode 43 focuses on how teachers and parents feel about school reopening plans for next month as COVID-19 cases rise in the state.\\n\\nKristin Moorehead talks with Florida Education Association Vice President about the teacher's union lawsuit against the state's mandate to return to brick and mortar school instruction in the fall (01:46).\\n\\nJosh Williams interviews Dr. Chris Curran, one of the Co-Directors at UF's Education Policy Research Center, about what districts are doing to keep students safe. (07:19)\\n\\nCamron Lunn spoke with two teachers about how they feel about about the safety of returning to the classroom (12:06).\\n\\nTaylor Levesque talked with Florida parents and teachers about some of the frustrations they've had with virtual learning (16:16).\\n\\nMelissa Feito takes a look at some of the challenges families that have children with special needs and disabilities and their teachers faced with remote learning (19:37).\\n\\nAnthony Montalto spoke with four parents about how each is considering the decision to send their kids back to school next month (24:53).\\n\\nGabriella Paul talked spoke with current and former essential workers who have elementary school aged kids about the prospect of schools reopening in person next month (30:04).\\n\\nMelissa returns for a discussion with Dr. Sonja Rasmussen, a pediatrician and epidemiologist at the University of Florida who previously worked at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for 20 years, for a medical perspective of children returning to school (34:51).\\n\\nThis podcast serves to provide updates on Florida's response to coronavirus, with a particular focus on north central Florida."