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At the very peak of school closures, COVID-19 affected 55.1 million students in 124,000 public and private U.S. schools. [1] The effects of widespread school shut-downs were felt nationwide, and aggravated several social inequalities in gender, technology, educational achievement, and mental health.
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On September 24, 2021, this report was posted online as an MMWR Early Release.
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1.Office of the President of the United States. National strategy for the COVID-19 response and pandemic preparedness. Washington, DC: White House; 2021. https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/National-Strategy-for-the-COVID-19-Response-and-Pandemic-Preparedness.pdfpdf iconexternal icon
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3.Zviedrite N, Hodis JD, Jahan F, Gao H, Uzicanin A. COVID-19–associated school closures and related efforts to sustain education and subsidized meal programs, United States, February 18–June 30, 2020. PLoS One 2021;16:e0248925. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0248925external icon PMID:34520475external icon
4.Desilver D. ‘Back to school’ means anytime from late July to after Labor Day, depending on where in the U.S. you live. Washington, DC: Pew Research Center; 2019. https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/08/14/back-to-school-dates-u-s/external icon
5.CDC. COVID-19: guidance for COVID-19 prevention in K–12 schools. Atlanta, GA: US Department of Health and Human Services, CDC; 2021. Accessed September 21, 2021. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/schools-childcare/k-12-guidance.html
FIGURE. COVID-19–related kindergarten through grade 12 school closures, by region and state — United States, August 2–September 17, 2021
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