The Case for Reopening Schools “…Given the aggregate of findings, it’s no wonder that a growing list of countries have determined that opening schools is appropriate.”
You Can Oppose Trump While Supporting Reopening Schools “Indeed, when you look closely at the pros and cons of opening schools during this pandemic, you soon realize that the evidence is overwhelmingly in favor of reopening.”
How media coverage turned vulnerable kids into an invisible threat “For me, this story is a vivid reminder that at least some of the blame lies within journalism, for failing to provide a relentless focus on these kids’ plights and for contributing to the misinformation about the danger that they may generate.”
Schools Aren’t Super-Spreaders: Fears from the summer appear to have been overblown. “We are starting to get an evidence-based picture of how school reopenings and remote learning are going (those photos of hallways don’t count), and the evidence is pointing in one direction. Schools do not, in fact, appear to be major spreaders of COVID-19.”
U.S. schools in suburbs, small cities reopening without COVID spike; big cities up next ““There is starting to be some reassuring data that when you put in place the right measures – and have control of community spread … you can open schools safely,” said Dr. Nathaniel Beers, co-author of the American Academy of Pediatrics’ school opening guidelines.”
The tentative successes of in-person learning deserve more coverage “But there is another story, in many ways more intriguing and useful, that isn’t being told, about what’s going on in schools that have been open in person for weeks without generating a massive uptick in cases.”
California sees no link from school openings to virus spread ““We have not seen a connection between increased transmission and school reopening or in-person learning,” Ghaly said. “We’re looking at the information to see if there is a connection, and so far we have not found one.””