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I’m a Parent. And a Bad Teacher. All I Do Is Panic About School.

September is coming—and too many children and educators don’t have a plan

Jason Gay

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Schools are racing to make plans for the academic year even as Covid-19 cases surge in the U.S. WSJ’s Daniela Hernandez explores how kids are affected by the virus and if it’s possible to reopen schools safely. Photo illustration: Laura Kammermann

The 2020 Summer Olympics were supposed to start this week in Tokyo, which means yours truly would have been airborne right now in a cramped, sealed tube, en route to Japan.

This is the part where I’m supposed to tell you I’m glad the Olympics were postponed until 2021, because I’m getting to spend more time with my family.

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