Those who can, teach! The case for reopening schools
Apr 29, 2020
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Sasha Nelta, The Economist's public policy editor, dives into the urgent need to reopen schools, emphasizing the alarming consequences of closures on students' education and widening disparities. Idris Kalun, U.S. policy correspondent, discusses the Trump administration's rollback on environmental regulations and its puzzling impacts on public health. The conversation also touches on peculiar income disclosure issues faced by urban Kenyans and how these influence personal financial dynamics. A thought-provoking exploration of education and environmental policy awaits!
The world’s students are falling behind and lockdown is only exacerbating prior disparities in their progress; we examine a compelling back-to-school argument. America’s Environmental Protection Agency is rolling back yet more pollution protections, but who stands to gain is unclear. And why so many urban Kenyans understate their salaries to the villagers back home.
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