Lamenting that “too many” Massachusetts communities have their kids learning remotely, Governor Charlie Baker said Friday that the state was upgrading its metrics for determining COVID-19 transmission risks in cities and towns with an eye toward getting more children back in classrooms.
“We all know that losing a week, a month, a quarter or more in the life of a kid’s education has real consequences,” Baker said during a news conference. “And that’s why today we’re improving our methods for assessing transmission rates in communities and upgrading school guidance to reflect what the data now makes clear: that learning can happen safely in the classroom.”
Read the full story on BostonGlobe.com.
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