Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona stressed the need to keep schools open for in-person learning despite a surge in coronavirus cases brought on in significant part by the omicron variant. Cardona's words during an interview with "Fox News Sunday," came as many schools across the country are set to be closed as winter break ends. According to the Burbio school tracker database, more than 2,100 schools will be closed this week, despite the government's position. "We’ve been very clear, our expectation is for schools to be open full-time for students for in-person learning," Cardona said. "We remember the impact of school closures on students last year."

Source: Fox News January 04, 2022 06:32 UTC