New York City, walloped first and hardest by COVID last year, has led America’s (and indeed the world’s) rebound on getting kids back into their classrooms. Not only is New York the country’s only big city with in-person K-8 schooling, the tight control protocols set up Mayor de Blasio and outgoing Chancellor Richard Carranza were the model used by the CDC as a national standard.
CDC finds scant spread of coronavirus in schools with precautions in place Laura Meckler
Replay Video UP NEXT Schools operating in person have seen scant transmission of the coronavirus, particularly when masks and distancing are employed, but some indoor athletics have led to infections and should be curtailed if schools want to operate safely, researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention concluded in papers published Tuesday. The CDC team reviewed data from studies in the United States and abroad and found the experience in schools differed from nursing homes and high-density work sites where rapid spread has occurred.
Forecasters expected 2 feet of snow this week from the biggest East Coast winter storm in years, but students in many areas might not rejoice the same way they once did.
Snow days, those celebrated breaks from school, are melting away during a time of virtual learning in the coronavirus pandemic.
In September, New York City said the nation s largest school district wouldn t have snow days. If school buildings couldn t open, students would learn remotely.
As the snowstorm bore down this week, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said school would continue normally Wednesday, with some students learning in person. He promised an update if the storm prevented school buildings from opening Thursday. In that case, he said Tuesday, students would learn remotely.