The Disaster of School Closures Should Have Been Foreseen

The Disaster of School Closures Should Have Been Foreseen

A plan was set in motion with no idea of how to stop it.

The Disaster of School Closures Should Have Been Foreseen – DG Verifications & Stats

Of the many mistakes made in the COVID era, none were as glaring as prolonged school closures. The damages go beyond loss of learning, a dire consequence in its own right: Millions of families, both children and parents, still carry the scars of stress, depression, and isolation. The closures began at a time of understandable panic, but that was only the beginning of the story. On February 25, 2020, Nancy Messonnier, the director of the CDC’s Na…