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639 Operating Schools During COVID-19: CDC Guidelines
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Schools Play a Critical Role in the Wellbeing of Communities

Schools are a fundamental part of the infrastructure of communities.

  • Schools provide safe and supportive environments, structure, routines for children, and needed support services to children and families.
Two children sitting in a classroom both wearing masks with a chalkboard in the background.
Schools provide safe and supportive environments, structure, and routines for children.
  • Schools play a vital role in the economic health of communities by employing teachers and other staff and helping parents, guardians, and caregivers work.
  • Schools provide critical instruction and academic support that benefit students and communities in both the short- and long-term.
  • Reopening schools provides in-person instruction for students, improves communication between teachers and students, and provides academic services.
  • In-person instruction may have advantages over virtual learning when virtual learning is not the planned format for instruction.
  • In-person classroom instruction improves interpersonal interaction between the student and the teacher and the student and peers.
  • In-person instruction may be beneficial for students with additional learning needs. Children with disabilities may not have access through virtual means to the specialized instruction.

Knowledge Check Choose the best answer for the question.

1-3. Which type of instruction improves interpersonal interaction between the student and the teacher and the student and peers?