3 min agoUS Department of Education releases Covid-19 handbook along with CDC guidelines for reopening schoolsFrom CNN's Maggie FoxThe US Department of Education released a handbook with detailed strategies to help schools follow new guidance for reopening from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a top official said Friday. To help schools, the Department of Education issued the first in a series of handbooks, Donna Harris-Aikens, senior adviser for policy and planning for the department, told a CDC news briefing. “The handbook also discusses ways to get creative about laying out classrooms, and using auditoriums and cafeterias for instruction," she added. Jon Cherry/Getty Images A medical technician fills a syringe from a vial of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in Bates Memorial Baptist Church on February 12 in Louisville, Kentucky. The CDC says vaccination and testing “provide additional layers of COVID-19 prevention in schools,” but don’t describe them as key strategies.

Source: The Nation February 12, 2021 23:26 UTC