The Cost of Keeping Schools Safe

Prognosis: Breakthrough

• Episode: The Cost of Keeping Schools Safe
• Website: Prognosis: Breakthrough
• Feed URL: https://feeds.megaphone.fm/BLM8995439705
• Duration: 00:13:50
• Published: 2020-08-10 23:54

Arne Duncan, the former US secretary of education, recently warned a House panel against opening schools prematurely. He’s one of a growing chorus of voices sounding the alarm about opening schools without properly funding safety measures. The schools, they say, simply don’t have the money they need to make their buildings safe for students and teachers. At that same house panel, witnesses said public schools would need $200 billion in federal aid to open safely with the virus continuing to circulate. Skylar Woodhouse reports on costs, and challenges, of creating safe classrooms. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com