Listen: Why the World Can’t Reopen If Schools Can’t
Many plans for school reopenings involve a mix of online and in-person instruction, which could have huge downstream effects for kids and their parents. Staff writer Helen Lewis joins hosts Katherine Wells and James Hamblin on the podcast Social Distance from London to discuss.
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What follows is an edited and condensed transcript of their conversation.
Katherine Wells: What is the situation when schools in the U.K.? Is it similar to what we’re experiencing here in the U.S.?
It is. It’s complicated because actually the four nations of the United Kingdom have all handled it slightly differently, but the basic premise is that some schools have gone back in dribs and drabs with
