Becky Pringle, president of the National Education Association, the largest teachers' union in the country, joined CNN tonight to discuss what teachers, staff and schools around the US are doing to return to in-person learning as the grip of the coronavirus pandemic begins to loosen.
"All of them want nothing more than to be in-person with their students. That is how they were trained to teach and work with them, and they miss them," Pringle told CNN during a back-to-school special tonight. "They want to be back in person. What we've been saying for, and now, a year, is we have been asking for the resources we need to do just that."
Pringle also spoke to the countless number of teachers around the US who fear a return to in-person instruction while the pandemic persists.
"Each school district is making the decisions based on the guidance of the CDC, and they are being so creative to keep students safe, and make sure they implement, with fidelity, the guidelines the CDC has laid out," she said. "They are doing a variety of things, hybrid measures, methods of arrival, and messages to keep educator safe."