CPS Chief Expects More Classrooms To Go Remote After Winter Break Amid Spiking COVID-19 Cases – CBS2 (Chicago)

“We have no evidence that shutting down schools, whole systems, has done anything to counter the spread of the virus,” Pedro Martinez said. “What we have evidence is that, when we’ve done that, we’ve hurt children, we’ve hurt their mental health, we’ve hurt their social and emotional well-being, and we have hurt their academics in ways that we’re still trying to understand today.”