Sunday’s New Articles & Videos On School Reopening

 

Ordinarily, I’d add these new articles and videos to The Best Posts Predicting (& Showing) What Schools Look Like During The Pandemic. However, that list is just getting too massive.  So, in the future, if you want to find these in one place, click here:

FDA authorizes Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for children 5 to 11 is from The Washington Post.

Children ages 5 to 11 are a step closer to being eligible for the Pfizer vaccine is from NPR.

Jessica Grose spoke to 11 experts about masks in schools. They disagreed about policies, and what an off-ramp for masking would look like. But they agreed on one thing: "Every person I spoke to said children 5 and up should get the vaccine."https://t.co/wyAcpSPPcp

— James Surowiecki (@JamesSurowiecki) October 30, 2021

Enrollment in NYC schools, including charters, is down about 5 percent, or 50k kids, since the start of the pandemic. Steep loss last year, leveled out a bit this year. More details: https://t.co/k2h7oYDhyx

— Eliza Shapiro (@elizashapiro) October 29, 2021

Britain, which lifted nearly all Covid restrictions in July, is in the midst of another surge of cases, driven by high levels of infection in school-age children.

Here’s a look at the data.https://t.co/GBi5jIjhBy

— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 29, 2021