In chicago, public schools are expected to announce plans to switch to an all remote simester amid a strike threat from the teachers union. In some cases, like in california, they're opening up now for the first time. More than 252 thousand children diagnosed with covid last week, the highest number of pediatric cases since the pandemic began.
NPR’s Anya Kamenetz explains how America is sending its kids back to school while delta surges. Politico’s Lauren Gardner has the latest on vaccines for kids.
Today’s show was produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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