But for many schools this year, yo-yoing closures mixed with enduring lockdowns and an evolving virus variant have bred a ...
A nation cries out for a blueprint on how schools can remain open and safe
‘Open, shut them, open, shut them,’ the jaunty lyrics go.
Professor Sharon Goldfeld, a developmental paediatrician at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, says what we need now is some “pretty detailed data” which could drive a blueprint for how schools can remain open and remain safe. But rigour on this front is sorely missing, she says.
Professor Sharon Goldfeld, a developmental paediatrician at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, says what we need now is some “pretty detailed data” which could drive a blueprint for how schools can remain open and remain safe. But rigour on this front is sorely missing, she says.
This story appeared in the September 2021 edition of Australian Teacher Magazine.
