Background: The pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2) has spread wildly across the world. In March of 2020, almost all kindergarten …

Highlights•We determined whether school closures effect COVID-19 infection
rates.•Infections rates were 0.131/day preschool closure and 0.104/day postclosure.•The …

School closures during pandemics raise important concerns for children and adolescents.
Our aim is synthesizing available data on the impact of school closure during the …

In response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, 107 countries had
implemented national school closures by March 18, 2020. It is unknown whether school …

Background Globally, the education of students at primary and secondary schools has been
severely disrupted by the implementation of school closures to reduce the spread of …

Inmostcountries, attemptstoreducesevereacuterespiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-
CoV-2) circulation and new coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) development have been …

Importance In the US, states enacted nonpharmaceutical interventions, including school
closure, to reduce the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). All 50 states closed …

Objectives To assess the benefits and drawbacks of school closures and in-school
mitigations during the COVID-19 pandemic. Design Overview of systematic reviews (SRs) …

Objectives To systematically reivew the observational evidence of the effect of school
closures and school reopenings on SARS-CoV-2 community transmission. Setting Schools …

School closures due to the global pandemic of the novel coronavirus have impacted at least
124,000 US public and private schools and affected at least 55.1 million students (Education …