$175 billion is now available to reopen schools and address learning losses.
COVID-19
We should learn from excessive economic restrictions and school closures in order to ensure that we protect both lives and livelihoods in future pandemics. Most importantly, we must overhaul the ways in which we make decisions and acquire data about critical public health threats.
All COVID-19
A comprehensive new analysis indicates that the Cuomo administration undercounted nursing home deaths by 68%.
COVID-19 relief funds should flow to parents where schools remain closed.
While Congress considers spending another $130 billion to reopen schools, $53 to $63 billion of existing funds go unspent.
New aid from Congress should fund education savings accounts for vulnerable and low-income children.
Federal funding meant to help reopen schools is being misused.
As of mid-October, 50 of the nation’s 120 largest school districts remain closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Younger Americans appear to have a significantly lower chance of dying from COVID-19 than they do of more common infectious diseases.