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I know it sounds naive in retrospect but the thing that genuinely surprised me the most about 2020 was how we didn’t prioritize the reopening of schools. At all.
Okay the fact this tweet blew up so much is what I mean by the fact that it surprised me.
While you’re here, here’s some great reporting on this subject: @AlecMacGillis on kids left behind by remote learning https://www.propublica.org/article/the-students-left-behind-by-remote-learning
While you’re here, here’s some great reporting on this subject: @AlecMacGillis on kids left behind by remote learning https://www.propublica.org/article/the-students-left-behind-by-remote-learning
@annanorthtweets on why bars and restaurants are open but schools are closed https://www.vox.com/21570207/covid-19-schools-restaurants-new-york-close
Lisa Miller (sorry, having trouble finding her Twitter) on the effect isolation is having on kids https://www.thecut.com/2020/11/covid-19-pandemic-kids-mental-health.html
And finally, some of @DanaGoldstein’s reporting on the federal failures to properly fund reopening https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/09/us/schools-reopening-trump.html
Oh and for those of you who are reopening skeptical, I thought @rmc031 had the best piece https://prospect.org/coronavirus/why-reopening-schools-has-become-the-most-fraught-debate-of-the-pandemic/
