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Want Schools Open in a Pandemic? Give Them Cleaner Air.
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English - October 03, 2023 20:00 - 24 minutes - 57.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsCourses Education education journalism media Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Few things were as fraught with controversy amid the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic as the decision to close many schools while others stayed open.
Apoorva Mandavilli, science and global health reporter for The New York Times, looked closely at how air quality in public schools impacted outbreaks, what it would take to give more students access to healthier classrooms, and what’s keeping more policymakers from heeding some of these potentially crucial lessons.
She joins EWA Public Editor Emily Richmond to discuss where education reporters can find trustworthy data on school air quality, how to produce nuanced coverage on polarizing topics, and more.