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How other countries reopened schools during the pandemic – and what the US can learn from them

  • Written by Bob Spires, Assistant Professor of Education, University of Richmond
imageClass is in session in Uruguay, one of the first countries in the Western Hemisphere to reopen its schools. AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico

As American school officials debate when it will be safe for schoolchildren to return to classrooms, looking abroad may offer insights. Nearly every country in the world shuttered their schools early in the...

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