"If we knew in March what we know now, we never would have closed schools as a public health intervention."
Dr. Jeanne Noble
Director of Emergency COVID Response, UCSF
New guidance from a multi-disciplinary group of experts at Harvard University, Brown University, Boston University, Tufts University, and New America states that:
“In July, we published guidance for school leaders making decisions about school re-openings that offered a tiered structure for thinking about risk at different levels of community spread. We recommended that schools be closed once the average daily case rate rose above 25 cases/100,000 people, at the county level.
Since July, our scientific understanding of COVID has increased significantly, as has our understanding of degrees of risk in schools, and we can now recommend that schools be open even at the very high levels of spread we are now seeing, provided that they strictly implement strategies of infection control.”
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3 ft social distancing for young learners at all levels of community spread
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6ft social distancing for high school learners when levels of community spread rise above 100/100,000 daily new cases; 3ft social distancing below that level
Children in elementary schools don’t need to be kept six feet apart, the C.D.C. said.
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Newsom’s plan to reopen schools is too weak to work. He owes California something bolder
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By Tracey Schwengel, Special to CalMatters, March 3, 2021
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By Margot Sanger-Katz and Claire Cain Miller, The New York Time, March 2, 2021
This Ohio school reduced spacing measures and is open to all, 5 days a week
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By Laura Meckler and Joe Heim, The Washington Post, Feb 25, 2021
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By Benedict Carey, The New York Times, Feb 23, 2021
New CDC school opening guidelines fail to ‘follow the science’
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By Benjamin P. Linas, VOX, Feb 15, 2021
White students in California more likely to be getting in-person instruction than Black, Latino and Asian students
Sydney Johnson and Daniel J. Willis, EdSource, Feb. 12, 2021
The CDC’s latest demands will keep millions of kids out of school unnecessarily
Opinion by Joseph G. Allen and Helen Jenkins, The Washington Post, Feb. 12, 2021
An open letter to Berkeley Unified School District: Open schools as soon as possible
By Dr. Jean Noble and 150 other doctors and health professionals, Berkeleyside, Feb. 10, 2021
Schools can reopen before teachers are vaccinated, CDC chief says
AP, The Los Angeles Times, February 3, 2021
Southern California pediatricians call for L.A.-area schools to immediately reopen
By HOWARD BLUME, The Los Angeles Times, February 3, 2021
San Francisco is suing its own schools after not reopening for almost a year
Joshua Bote, SFGATE, February 3, 2021
CDC finds scant spread of coronavirus in schools with precautions in place
Laura Meckler, The Washington Post, January 26, 2021
C.D.C. officials say most available evidence indicates schools can be safe if precautions are taken on campus and in the community
Roni Caryn Rabin, The New York Times, January 26, 2021
Newsom, Legislature must urgently prioritize kids and reopen schools
Cal Matters, January 24, 2021
Surge of Student Suicides Pushes Las Vegas Schools to Reopen
Erica Green, The New York Times, January 24, 2021
UCSF Doctors Call for Schools to Reopen
KPBS Radio, January 17, 2021
What Does a More Contagious Virus Mean for Schools?
Apoorva Mandavilli, The New York Times
Covid-19 Outbreaks Aren’t Driven by In-Person Classes, CDC Says
Michelle Fay Cortez, Bloomberg News
January 13, 2021
‘Schools can reopen safely’: Duke, UNC doctors find ‘extremely limited’ COVID-19 spread in schools
Andrew Dunn, Chatham Journal Newspaper
Duke, UNC study finds low rates of in-school COVID transmission
Michael Perchick, ABC, Eyewitness News
January, 11, 2021
Is it safe to send your kids to school? Health experts worry the issue has become politicized, and argue it's safer than one might think — with a catch
Nicole Karlis, Salon
January 12, 2021
UCSF health professionals call for February 1st school reopening
Dr. Jeanne Noble and other UCSF department leaders, SF Examiner
January 11, 2021
Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (U of MN), Three studies highlight low COVID risk of in-person school
Where is it Safe to Reopen Schools–New Research Offers Answers
California’s plan to bring many students back to school for in-person learning in careful stages
Linda Darling-Hammond, Special to CalMatters
January 3, 2021
Private schools pull students away from public schools
Erica Pandey, Axios
January 2, 2021
Disadvantaged Students More Likely to Be Learning Remotely, Study Finds
Jason DeParle, The New York Times
December 24, 2020
Kids likely not driving household COVID-19 outbreaks
Stacy Kuebelbeck Paulsen, CIDRAP News
December 7, 2020