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Does reopening schools cause COVID-19 to spread? It's complicated

  • Written by Scott A Imberman, Professor of Economics and Education Policy, Michigan State University
imageJean McCarthy helps a first-grade student at South Boston Catholic Academy on Sept. 10, 2020.David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

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