Back-to-School: Many Parents Choose Home Learning Amid Pandemic

Back-to-School: Many Parents Choose Home Learning Amid Pandemic
A child waves to her parents at the entrance to Bancroft Elementary School as students go back to school in Montreal on Aug. 31, 2020. The Canadian Press/Paul Chiasson
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As schools reopen across Canada, many parents are choosing to keep their children at home. Some are afraid their kids may contract the illness at school, especially if they have an immunocompromised family member, while others worry that pandemic protocols could negatively affect their children.

Sophie Geerts, a mother of two in Mankota, Saskatchewan, says that for the first time her children are starting the school year learning at home.

Lee Harding
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Lee Harding is a journalist and think tank researcher based in Saskatchewan, and a contributor to The Epoch Times.
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