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Will COVID-19 be the death of summer vacation?

  • Written by Jon Pedersen, Dean of the College of Education, University of South Carolina
Will COVID-19 be the death of summer vacation?Educators debate whether kids lose too much over the summer break.Westend61/Getty Images

Editor’s Note: COVID-19 has forced the closure of schools nationwide – in some cases for the rest of the school year. Here, Jon Pedersen, dean of the college of education at the University of South Carolina, expounds on what the school shutdowns...

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