National News: Fall school reopenings didn’t dramatically increase COVID-19 hospitalizations

For the most part, school reopenings in the fall did not appear to contribute to increased hospitalization rates due to COVID-19, according to research released on Monday. But in places where community spread was higher, the researchers found that the link between schooling and health effects grew murkier, with no clear pattern in the results, a red flag of sorts as schools consider expanding in-person learning options in the midst of a third surge of record-breaking rates of COVID-19 from coast to coast.
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Source: Education Week, January 4, 2021. (Subscription may be required.)