Reopened schools in EU and Asia have largely avoided coronavirus outbreaks. They have lessons for


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https://www.washingtonpost.com/world...wpisrc=nl_most BRUSSELS — Many countries around the world are pushing ahead with plans for full-time, full-capacity, in-person classes, after having largely avoided coronavirus outbreaks linked to schools during more tentative reopenings in the spring. From Belgium to Japan, schools are abandoning certain social distancing measures, such as alternate-day schedules or extra space between desks. They have decided that part-time or voluntary school attendance, supplemented by distance learning, is not enough — that full classrooms are preferable to leaving kids at home. With coronavirus science still iffy, U.S. schools hope to reopen for 56.6 million K-12 students Still, public health officials...