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Quality Education
May 10, 2021

How to reopen schools and keep COVID-19 at bay?

Zuzanna Quality Education

As a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, most schools worldwide announced building closures and moved to online learning. However, after several months of such classes, educators began to voice concern that school closures were doing more harm than good. Continued closures risk “scarring the life chances of a generation of young people,” according to an open letter published last month and signed by more than 1500 members of the United Kingdom’s Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH). Virtual education is often a pale shadow of the real thing and left many parents juggling jobs and childcare. But how can the schools ensure safety after reopening the buildings?

Read more in the article below, and let us know what you think about this issue in the comments below!

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/07/school-openings-across-globe-suggest-ways-keep-coronavirus-bay-despite-outbreaks

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How to reopen schools and keep COVID-19 at bay?

Quality Education

As a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, most schools worldwide announced building closures and moved to online learning. However, after several months of such classes, educators began to voice concern that school closures were doing more harm than good. Continued closures risk “scarring the life chances of a generation of young people,” according to an open letter published last month and signed by more than 1500 members of the United Kingdom’s Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH). Virtual education is often a pale shadow of the real thing and left many parents juggling jobs and childcare. But how can the schools ensure safety after reopening the buildings?

Read more in the article below, and let us know what you think about this issue in the comments below!

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/07/school-openings-across-globe-suggest-ways-keep-coronavirus-bay-despite-outbreaks

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