“Every day is an eternity for a young person,” Mr. Inslee, a Democrat, said. Even so, in areas where cases are increasing sharply, like Michigan, some schools have had to revert to remote learning temporarily because so many students were in quarantine. In Ohio, nearly half of all students were in districts that were fully remote at the beginning of 2021. In Washington, before Mr. Inslee issued his proclamation, the state’s largest district, Seattle Public Schools, was locked in a standoff with its teachers’ union over a reopening plan. “It’s worked exceedingly well,” Mr. DeWine, a Republican, said of his decision to offer vaccines to Ohio districts that pledged to reopen.

Source: New York Times April 03, 2021 15:24 UTC