@EdWorkingPaper{ai22-617, title = "What can we learn from the research on public school reopening decisions in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic?", author = "Jeremy Singer", institution = "Annenberg Institute at Brown University", number = "617", year = "2025", month = "June", URL = "http://www.edworkingpapers.com/ai22-617", abstract = {Background: After the near-universal school closures in the United States at the start of the pandemic, lawmakers and educational leaders made plans for when and how to reopen schools for the 2020-21 school year. As school reopening plans and data sets aggregating reopening statuses became available, researchers moved quickly to assess how a range of public health, political, and demographic factors were associated with school reopening and parent preferences for in-person and remote learning.}, }