EPIC IN THE NEWS
Lawmakers and parents push Michigan districts to reopen
DATE: February 23, 2021
Michigan lawmakers, parents, and doctors argued during a hearing on Tuesday that schools should be open. With most districts in Michigan now offering some in-person instruction, they aimed their frustrations at the dwindling ranks of school districts that still don’t have a plan to offer some face-to-face instruction.
In November, a spike in COVID-19 cases prompted many districts to shutter their classrooms. Since then, a growing number of districts have offered in-person instruction. The trend accelerated this month, as the number of districts planning to offer only remote instruction fell by more than half. About 6 in 7 districts, including charter schools, planned to offer some form of in-person instruction this month.
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