So far, more than 10,000 schools across the country have closed or are planning to close because of the virus, affecting about 4.9 million children, according to one education publication.
Ohio, Maryland, Michigan and the large urban school districts of Seattle and San Francisco are shutting down all K-12 schools as part of a sweeping attempt to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
Such closures will also throw into sharp relief the deep socioeconomic divides in American education. Disadvantaged families who rely the most on schools for stable services, such as meals and access to learning materials, will be some of the most negatively affected. Shortly after the Ohio announcement, Maryland's superintendent announced the state's schools would close for two weeks starting Monday. Late Thursday evening,Those announcements came on the heels ofbecoming the first major metropolitan school district to cancel classes to contain the spread of the virus. The district, which serves about 54,000 students, announced Wednesday it would be closed for at least two weeks.
On Thursday evening, California's San Francisco Unified School District followed suit, saying it would close from March 16 through the end of spring break on April 3.
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