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Collected Item: “Their School is Open, But the Kids Are Staying Home”

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Their School is Open, But the Kids Are Staying Home

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Article, New York Times

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

This story talks about the proclivity for families to stay home even as schools begin gearing up to have classes transition back into the classroom, out of fear for COVID.

Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your story. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?

#COVIDTEACHES, #DistanceLearning, #Education #ASU #HST485

Enter a URL associated with this object, if relevant.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/13/parenting/school-closings-coronavirus.html

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

Lisa McFarlane

Give this story a date.

2020-03-13
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