In recent weeks we’ve heard a lot from teachers who are worried about whether it will be safe to go back to the classroom this fall. We’ve also heard a lot from parents who want to keep their kids healthy but at the same time are desperate to get them out of the house. The people we haven’t heard from are the kids themselves. But as LG, a reader in Las Vegas, wrote in a recent comment:“Children don’t have a powerful union or business interests. Yet their interests far exceed anyone else’s.

Source: New York Times July 17, 2020 18:56 UTC