THE FEDERALIST/ Allison Schuster-
A new report summarizes research showing the financial and health repercussions of keeping schools, colleges, and child-care facilities closed far outweigh any risk. The Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity report also offers recommendations on how to reopen for the safest and fairest results.
Report coauthor Avik Roy said in a tweet the report aims for policymakers to learn of and “heed the educational, social, and public health impact of prolonged school closures” for the nearly 80 million U.S. students who have already been out of school for months in 2020.
The article described the nation’s current educational plans as utterly unsustainable. The closure of public and private schools, institutions of higher education, and child-care facilities harm all families but disproportionately those with lower incomes. Happily, the report says, the solution isn’t difficult or dangerous due to the unique immunity children have to coronavirus. Continue reading…
