WBUR Radio 90.9 FM: Five years after COVID, what school workers recall best — and what problems linger
Posted on: March 14, 2025

By Emily Piper-Vallillo
Five years ago, as COVID-19 was officially declared a pandemic and Massachusetts descended into a state of emergency, hundreds of thousands of schoolchildren were sent home.
Their learning would take place over screens until many months later when they’d reenter classrooms with orders to follow unprecedented health precautions. Masks on. Distances kept. Anxieties high.