Trump Back-to-School Threats Pressure Educators Fearing Covid

School districts across the U.S. face a common challenge as President Donald Trump pushes them to re-open in the fall: Students won’t have a typical classroom day.

The need to maintain adequate social distancing and protect students and staff from contracting the coronavirus is forcing schools to figure out how to stagger class schedules, limit student attendance, and continue online instruction.

Those plans clash with Trump’s recent push to send pupils back to school. The president, facing a tough re-election contest in a year of a global pandemic, millions of job losses, and with those still employed quarantined at home ...