1. Teachers are organizing into a national movement to demand schools stay closed until strict safety measures are in place or the virus is under control.

They say they do not feel safe or listened to. And Trump’s intervention has deepened their anger. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/11/us/virus-teachers-classrooms.html

2. With some district surveys showing more than half of parents need or want their children back in classrooms — and administrators forging ahead with reopening — this movement may be less popular than other big teacher protests of recent years....

3. But the movement also has the opportunity to force real policy change around the virus, given the absolute necessity of schools to a functioning society, economy and to children’s wellbeing. @elizashapiro and I report: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/11/us/virus-teachers-classrooms.html