CNN Opinion | It’s time to throw the school calendar out the window

(CNN)  America’s young people need to get back to school in person. There is no substitute for them interacting with each other. It’s how human beings are wired.

Given what we think we know about the coronavirus, that the rate of infection has slowed but that — as Dr. Anthony Fauci has said — another wave of infection is likely later in the year, the goal should be to reopen in late summer — an approach that colleges like Notre Dame and several others have said recently they are adopting: open school a couple of weeks earlier than usual, cancel fall break to reduce student travel and shorten the term to finish before Thanksgiving.  —more—