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Daily Video September 01 2020

How are students returning to learning across the country?

Examine the range of reopening plans across the country, and discuss how to address academic inequality.

FILE PHOTO: Social distancing dividers for students are seen in a classroom at St. Benedict School, amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Montebello, near Los Angeles

Daily Video August 07 2020

Who decides whether or not schools should reopen?

In this NewsHour lesson, find out who actually decides how and when schools open, and the role students may play in the decision.

Daily Video August 05 2020

Ask Juliette Kayyem: What will it take for communities to feel safe reopening schools?

Listen to this interview with Juliette Kayyem and discuss how safe reopening might be possible.

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Post July 28 2020

Educator Voices: 41 teachers on what back to school should look like

Children in an elementary school class wearing masks enter the classroom with desks spaced apart as…

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Daily Video July 16 2020

Explainer: Why record COVID-19 testing is not enough

Explore the challenges of testing for COVID-19 in the US months after the pandemic began.

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