Morning Jolt: How to Handle School Reopenings

What you need to know today: the thorny issues that have to be worked out to open the doors of America's schools this autumn, checking in on the efforts to develop a coronavirus vaccine, and an exasperated cry for clarity.

If We Want to Reopen School Doors in the Fall, We Have to Do a Lot of Homework

Before we dive into the debate about whether schools should open their doors to in-person schooling this autumn, we need to agree on certain premises:

• The continued absence of in-person schooling is having bad effects — and in some cases, really bad effects — on our children and must end as soon as possible.
• The danger of the coronavirus to children is less than the danger to adults, but that does not mean there is no danger; a small percentage of children develop multisystem inflammatory syndrome. Most have recovered, but not all.
• Children can carry the virus and unknowingly spread it to any adults they encounter; schools employ quite a few adults — ...

WITH JIM GERAGHTY July 08 2020 WITH JIM GERAGHTY July 08 2020 How to Handle School Reopenings What you need to know today: the thorny issues that have to be worked out to open the doors of America's schools this autumn, checking in on the efforts to develop a coronavirus vaccine, and an exasperated cry for clarity. If We Want to Reopen School Doors in the Fall, We Have to Do a Lot of Homework Before we dive into the debate about whether schools should open their doors to in-person schooling this autumn, we need to agree on certain premises: The continued absence of in-person schooling is having bad effects — and in some cases, really bad effects — on our children and must end as soon as possible. The danger of the coronavirus to children is less than the danger to adults, but that does not mean there is no danger; a small percentage of children develop multisystem inflammatory syndrome. Most have recovered, but not all. Children can carry the virus and unknowingly spread it to any adults they encounter; schools employ quite a few adults — ...   READ MORE

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