AFT President: ‘Kids Are Resilient and Kids Will Recover’

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WEINGARTEN: "No. I don't believe that. I believe that kids are resilient and kids will recover, but we as adults have to meet their needs, their emotional needs, their social needs, their learning needs. And that's who America's educators are, that's who America's bus drivers are, that's who America's paraprofessionals are, that's who America's food service workers are. And we are pained about what has happened in this pandemic, the crises that have enveloped our kids, our communities, ourselves. But at the end of the day, we have to believe that this is recoverable and we have to believe that virtually all our kids will thrive with the opportunities that we put before them."