Omicron threatens to upend classrooms

The omicron variant is posing the biggest challenge for schools to date, threatening in-person learning and upending a year where classrooms have mostly remained open.

Some major school districts shifted to remote learning just ahead of the winter holidays with plans to continue through the first few weeks of January, while others made last-minute decisions driven by surging COVID-19 infections and staff shortages.

There is immense public pressure to keep schools open, a sentiment shared by politicians on both sides of the aisle from President Biden, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and newly-elected New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D).

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/588821-omicron-threatens-to-upend-classrooms