How America bungled COVID school closures — and failed to put children first

Sep 17, 2022 24 min

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Schools across the U.S. closed their doors for 58 weeks during the pandemic. Journalist Anya Kamenetz writes about the ripple effects of school closures in her new book, <a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-stolen-year/id1598860475" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Stolen Year: How COVID Changed Children’s Lives, and Where We Go Now</a>. Kamenetz spoke with <a href="https://apple.news/T9rjlxm95TtTn3RWUl4SFiw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Apple News In Conversation</a> host Shumita Basu about the consequences of our failure to prioritize kids.

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