The latest episode of “On the Issues With Michele Goodwin,” a Ms. magazine podcast, featured AFT President Randi Weingarten, who touched upon many issues related to education and the pandemic. Here is some of what she said:
“I mean, it’s really hard to do schoolwork on a smartphone. Really hard to do schoolwork on a smartphone. If you don’t have a keyboard and if you don’t have a way of kind of like being able to type quickly and look at two screens at the same time … frankly, I’m 62 years old. I’ve learned more in the last few months about how to use technology than I have in my entire life, but so you need the hardware, but frankly, you also need the internet connectivity.”
“So you got lots of issues all over the place about remote. Having said that, it’s better than nothing, but it is not a substitute for in-school learning and the work that should’ve been done nationally, Betsy DeVos, bringing people together.”
To read a transcript of the podcast, click here.