The Science of School Reopenings

The Daily

The New York Times

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🗓️ 22 July 2020

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Around the world, safely reopening schools remains one of the most daunting challenges to restarting national economies. While approaches have been different, no country has tried to reopen schools with coronavirus infection rates at the level of the United States. Today, we explore the risks and rewards of the plan to reopen American schools this fall. Guest: Pam Belluck, a health and science writer at The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily Background reading: The pressure to bring American students back to classrooms is intense, but the calculus is tricky with infections out of control in many communities.Local economies might not fully recover until working parents can send children to school. Here’s why the plan to reopen New York City schools is so important.

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0:25.6	From New York Times, I'm Michael Babaro.
0:32.6	This is a daily.
0:40.6	Today, across the world, no country with infection rates as high as the US has tried to
0:48.8	reopen schools.
0:51.6	Unbellic on the potential risks and rewards of that plan.
0:58.6	It's Wednesday, July 22.
1:05.6	Pam, where does the United States officially stand on reopening schools in the fall?
1:15.1	So officially, the Trump administration has been saying in recent weeks that it really
1:20.9	wants schools to open.
1:23.1	Good morning, all.
1:24.3	The White House coronavirus task force met today here at the Department of Education.
1:29.0	There was press conference earlier this month where Vice President Pence and a string
1:35.6	of administration officials were basically saying, it's absolutely essential that we get
1:41.5	our kids back into classroom for in-person learning.
1:46.8	School should open.
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