Some Illinois Parents Opt to Home-School Amid Coronavirus

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2020-06-29 00:00:00

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For some parents, teaching their children at home after the coronavirus pandemic shuttered schools this spring was challenging, to say the least. For others, it revealed another option. With new cases of COVID-19 continuing and no vaccine, many parents have questions about what a return to school might look like. Will young children be able to concentrate with face masks required? Will schools close over and over again if outbreaks occur, disrupting kids’ ability to learn? What if kids contract the disease and spread it to vulnerable family members?