His administration jump started talks on the matter, but so far has not come to an agreement that would bring both the U.S. And he returned the United States to the Paris climate accord after Trump pulled out.īiden also pledged to return to the Iran nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.
So, as promised, he ended a process Trump had started - to remove the U.S. To that end, he promised to reverse what he saw as the retreat from the global stage that took place under Trump. The promise: Rejoin international organizations, reenter international agreementsīiden's foreign policy platform was predicated on faith in international institutions and the strength of multilateralism. That is, in some school districts, the option they've chosen." "Now, some school districts have given the option of school - of students, if their parents choose, to stay remote. "We've seen, across communities and states, there's been a significant amount of progress of schools opening five days a week, of students being in school learning," Psaki told ABC News' Karen Travers.
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Only 29% of eighth graders and 39% of fourth graders were attending school full-time in-person in February, according to the survey.Īsked Monday by ABC News whether Biden would still consider his goal met, even if the available data did not show that at least half of American students were actually attending school in person, full time, White House press secretary Jen Psaki did not say. Of the 46% of public school students who were being offered full-time, in-person learning, many were still learning online, at least part of the week. So in other words, in February, nearly a majority of schools were "open," by the White House's definition.īut having that option did not mean all students were actually utilizing it. Department of Education, released on April 7 and covering the month of February, found that 49% of schools that had fourth grade (elementary schools) or eighth grade (middle schools) offered full-time, in-person learning - meeting the White House's definition of "open." Since Biden took office, Congress did allocate hundreds of billions of dollars for schools, and many states and cities have adopted health measures in line with newly updated guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.īut Biden was vague about what he meant by "open" - whether full time or part time - and the White House has similarly shifted the goalposts.Ī White House spokesman noted that the most recently available survey data from the U.S.
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