COVID cases are on the rise again – this time hitting K-12 students, especially those who are unvaccinated, under 12, and back in the classroom. Before the start of the new school year, Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona shared that “[s]tudents belong in the classroom” as more buildings were encouraged to fully open. But over the last two weeks, more than 500,000 new COVID-19 cases have been reported among students, accounting for 29% of all cases reported nationwide. Students below the age of 12 are still not eligible for vaccinations and are at greater risk of hospitalization and the infection of other unvaccinated family members.
Why schools still need a remote option to mitigate COVID-19 (Nicol Turner Lee, Brookings)
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