Two-thirds of the nation's largest school districts are starting online -—with all the stress and difficulties that brings for teachers, children and their families. But even where in-person schooling is being offered, there are no easy answers.
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Parents and students facing the new school year are finding themselves in much the same position as when classrooms abruptly closed in the spring to fend off the pandemic. Two-thirds of the nation's largest school districts are starting online -- with all the stress and difficulties that brings for teachers, children and their families. But even where in-person schooling is being offered, there are no easy answers. A week before school doors were supposed to open, New York City, the largest school district in the country, pushed back the start of the semester in an agreement with teachers' unions.
There is a broad agreement that getting children back to school is best for everyone. But with no vaccine or effective treatment yet for the highly contagious coronavirus, teachers and parents are making hard decisions.Emily Oster, an economist at Brown University, sums up the concerns."School reopening is really important for our society.
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