Summary
Millions of students are heading back to school in person after a year of online learning. We asked students in our Student Reporting Labs network what returning to in-person learning looks and feels like amid new delta variant concerns, vaccinations debates and mask mandates.Five Facts
- Who are some of the students interviewed in this piece and where are they from?
- What are some of the continued concerns that the students describe?
- When did most students return to full, in-person learning?
- Why do some of these students express optimism or hope ?
- How has the delta variant changed concerns about students and in-person learning?
Focus Questions
- What have been some of the things that are hard to adapt to so far this year, and what gives you some optimism or hope?
- What has surprised you the most about the way back-to-school is arranged at your school this year?
For More
- See this lesson on the delta variant and the debate around additional booster vaccines.
- Check out this Daily News Lesson for the latest on the federal government's more aggressive push to increase vaccination numbers and limit the spread of the delta variant.
