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A reality that is too often overlooked, or lost altogether, in the ongoing battle over school re-openings is that we are not engaged in a theoretical scientific debate. It s not as though public health experts are simply guessing that in-person instruction can resume safely. Many schools have been fully open, with some mitigation measures in place, for the
entire current school year. This is true of many private schools, and even a large number of public schools. It s maddening to see these realities get treated as if they don t really exist or matter much. They exist, and they matter a lot. We ve had a massive scientific experiment being carried out across the nation and the globe since the fall of 2020, the results of which are overwhelming and clear. Schools are not super spreaders, students are safer from the virus inside classrooms than out in their broader communities, and in-person teaching can be achieved safely.