When Covid hit, countries all over the world closed schools. With little known about the virus, it seemed an obvious way to protect children and limit the spread of the virus.
Now, after a year of research, the evidence is clear: school attendance has not significantly worsened infections — but disrupting learning has been extremely detrimental to children, maybe with lifelong consequences. Our new paper, released this week, adds to this evidence, using the Nids-Cram survey data...
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