President Donald Trump has tweeted a threat to withhold federal funds if schools do not reopen. At a Department of Education briefing Wednesday, Vice President Mike Pence had a gentler way of expressing it.

“We’re going to be looking for ways to give states a strong incentive and encouragement to get kids back to school,” Pence said.

UMass Boston Professor Erin O’Brien said, “I’m sure a lot of administrators, superintendents, woke up this morning … and thought, ‘Oh no, please stay out of this.'”

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