The C.D.C Releases New School Guidelines

EDUCATION CORNER

By Airielle J. Vincent Ph.D

New guidelines are now available on how to safely reopen schools during the pandemic. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released guidance, in February, on whether and to what extent schools should reopen.

The document lays out essential elements of reopening that include universal masking, physical distancing and hygiene, and some testing. The guidelines also explain when schools should fully reopen for in-person learning or maintain a partial or fully remote learning schedule.

The federal government’s new guidelines do not require teachers to be vaccinated first for reopening schools.

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