Martin said 91% of the union members voted yes. A safety strike would mean teachers would agree to teach and work remotely because of safety issues inside buildings. The union stressed in a press release that it is not a work stoppage.

Source: Detroit teachers vote to allow union leadership to call ‘safety’ strike over COVID concerns – Chalkbeat Detroit

Michigan’s top health official said Friday the state will release the names of more than a dozen K-12 schools and colleges where there have been confirmed COVID-19 outbreaks.

But she said her office can’t do so for an undetermined number of weeks.

The state first has to cobble together a workaround on its outdated reporting systems — work that begins next week, Dr. Joneigh Khaldun, Michigan’s chief medical executive, told Bridge Michigan in an interview late Friday afternoon.

Source: Michigan to identify schools with coronavirus outbreaks. In a couple of weeks. | Bridge Michigan

The University of Toledo is asking students who attended recent large social events to follow a 14-day self-quarantine to avoid infecting others after 27 students, including some athletes, tested positive for coronavirus.

Source: 27 students at University of Toledo test positive for coronavirus | The Blade

Teaching was already suffering. Then came COVID-19.

Source: We Are Losing Good Teachers Due to COVID, and We May Not Recover

If we force teachers to return to schools during an out-of-control pandemic, I don’t know how many will stick around.

Source: Opinion | Get Ready for a Teacher Shortage Like We’ve Never Seen Before – The New York Times