Happy almost Halloween! As families are deciding how to safely celebrate Halloween, we wanted to make sure our readers had come across the latest article from the Atlantic, “Schools Aren’t Super-spreaders.”

The data analyzed in this piece is so encouraging, and the author states school situations really well when he explains: 

Where can the country go from here? From my end, we are going to continue to collect data through our dashboard, to try to better understand the patterns we are seeing and what correlates with “safe” reopenings. I hope that more schools and districts will see these data, and others, and perhaps start to think about how reopening might work. We do not want to be cavalier or put people at risk. But by not opening, we are putting people at risk, too.”

In other words, children are not just at risk when we send them back to school. There are many children in our country where home is not a safe haven, especially with mental illness and domestic violence on the rise. Not to mention, students’ long-term prospects are at risk when they receive less education. Learn more about COVID19 in schools by checking out the article here: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/10/schools-arent-superspreaders/616669/