CDC Update: 75% of children who died from COVID had underlying diseases
In a new report published by the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) last September 18, 2020, it...
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Prof. Sunetra Gupta: Let children be exposed to viruses
In an interview with the Evening Standard published last September 3, 2020, Sunetra Gupta, professor of theoretical epidemiology at Oxford...
4 million Filipino learners not going back to school this year
Education undersecretary Nepomuceno Malaluan said that at least 4 million learners are not coming back to school this year due...
Educator relates experience of school re-openings in Switzerland
This article was written by Liam Printer, an educator based in Switzerland, and was published by The Journal IE last...
Leonor Briones: Learning and education must continue
The following article was penned by the Philippines’ Department of Education (DEPED) Secretary, Leonor Briones. In it, she relates some...
No, COVID education is not homeschooling
In this article for the American Institute for Economic Research, Fiona Harrigan says that the pandemic is not a great moment...
Education secretary: Children need human interaction
Philippines’ eduction secretary Leonor Briones cites the importance of human interaction to the development of children as rationale for allowing...
Expert panel recommends reopening of schools for young children and children with special needs
A new report released by the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) recommends that younger children and those with special...
10 million children may never return to school after coronavirus
An entire generation of children had their education disrupted with the imposition of lockdowns worldwide. But even as some countries...
French study shows children don’t spread the coronavirus
In a study of 1,340 people in Crepy-en-Valois, a French town northeast of Paris, researchers from the Institut Pasteur confirmed...