People gathered outside the Massachusetts State House for a protest organized by the Massachusetts Teachers Association against current school reopening plans during the ongoing Coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic in Boston, Massachusetts, on Wed., Aug. 19, 2020. The teachers' union, alongside two other Massachusetts teachers' unions, organized the event as part of a mass day of action demanding that the school year starts with remote learning and switch to in-person learning only when health and safety standards can be guaranteed.