Strongest arguments I have read about keeping kids home from school

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3. All well and good

unless your kid (or you) doesn’t have a laptop or computer, or a reliable (if any) internet connection.

And unless you and your spouse don’t have to both go to work because you are essential workers, or because you just need to get food on the table or pay the rent.

Lots of American kids are in that position.

I see both sides of this argument. It’s not enough to argue this ideologically, or from a position of relative privilege. It’s extremely complex. Nobody wants to put anyone in danger. But the reality for many Americans is that they cannot provide the resources for their children to attend school virtually, and they themselves are often unequipped to supplement their children’s’ education in the way that well-educated families might.