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The National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NAS) wants school districts to prioritize reopening of their schools, with an emphasis on in-person instruction for special needs students and children in kindergarten through Grade 5.
Citing the impact that closed schools have on racial and social inequities, NAS said schools and federal and state governments “need to provide significant financial help to districts and schools to enable them to reopen.”
The NAS also noted “there is insufficient evidence to determine how contagious children are, or how likely they are to contract the virus.”
SOURCE: CIDRAP July 16, 2020