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Title:

Filling in the Blanks: National Research Needs to Guide Decisions about Reopening Schools in the United States

Authors:

Anita Cicero, Christina Potter, Tara Kirk Sell, Caitlin Rivers, Monica Schoch-Spana

Date posted:

May 15, 2020

Publication type:

Report

Publisher:

The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security

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Introduction:

Most elementary schools, middle schools, and high schools across the United States have been closed since March in an effort to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Schools that are able to do so have replaced classroom education with remote learning, using a range of tools and approaches. As of the publication of this report, governors from most US states have recommended or ordered that schools remain closed for the remainder of this academic year, affecting more than 50 million public school students. While a few schools may reopen before the end of the current school year, most schools, students, and their families in the United States are now facing uncertainty about whether or how schools will resume for in-class learning in the fall.