There’s no shortage of self-assured opinions on whether and how schools should reopen. In the middle of the pandemic’s second surge, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos declared that schools “must fully open, and they must be fully operational.”

On the other extreme, the American Federation of Teachers announced intentions to prevent in-person instruction “by any means necessary.” On a daily basis, the nation’s premier op-ed pages host strident takes on whether schools should reopen remotely or in person, and how.