COVID-19, Children and schools

An important consideration is what role the children have in the spread of the virus and what the consequences are to keep the schools open vs closed.  Including the Norwegian evaluation demonstrating a cost of 1.7 billion NOK/day to close the schools. 

Denmark

Finland

Norway

Sweden

  • Thorell, Lisa, Charlotte Borg Skoglund, Almudena Giménez de la Peña, Dieter Baeyens, Anselm Fuermaier, Madeleine Groom, Irene Mammarella, et al. “Psychosocial Effects of Homeschooling during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Differences between Seven European Countries and between Children with and without Mental Health Conditions,” September 25, 2020. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/68pfx.