Working parents don't have to panic over part-time school (written by Emily Oster)
July 14, 2020 Bloomberg Quint
Emily Oster penned this column on ways parents can balance work and schooling their children.
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Update on COVID-19 Training for Health Care Workers
July 13, 2020
In July 2020, the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies in partnership with Project HOPE released "COVID-19 Training for Health Care Workers: Preparedness and Response," a project report on the development and implementation of a COVID-19 training program for health workers, public health professionals, health care leadership, and key frontline personnel to rapidly scale-up response efforts in highrisk countries.
Brown University report shows few COVID-19 cases in surveyed daycares (commentary by Emily Oster)
July 13, 2020 The Observer
Emily Oster, who is part of a group of analysts tracking coronavirus research, offered commentary data she collected, through an informal survey, on daycares that remained open during the pandemic.
What we can learn from Rhode Island's low cases (commentary by Wendy Schiller)
July 13, 2020 Ozy
Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo deserves much of the credit for fast, instinctive and firm leadership, according to Wendy Schiller.
An economist’s data-driven guide to happy parenting (interview with Emily Oster)
July 10, 2020 Friday Magazine
In this interview, Emily Oster explains the evidence behind her myth-busting parenting book Cribsheet.
Texas parents face lack of information on coronavirus risks in child care centers (commentary by Emily Oster)
July 10, 2020 El Paso Times
Emily Oster in El Paso Times, "Definitely people need to be really cautious and thoughtful and careful. I also think there’s a risk of overreacting and saying, ‘Child care centers are the highest-risk location,’ when actually, it’s not a bar."
US Senate should pass additional school funding to combat 'COVID-19 slide' (Opportunity Insights cited)
July 10, 2020 U.S. News & World Report
This article cites figures from an Opportunity Insights report co-created by John Friedman and other Brown colleagues.
'That's crazy': Reopening schools is possible, but we're doing it wrong (interview with Emily Oster)
July 10, 2020 Politico
In this interview, Emily Oster said she worries that keeping schools closed in the fall will hurt kids' education, hurt the economy, hurt parents and widen the inequities that the pandemic is already causing.
It's 2022. What does life look like? (commentary by Emily Oster)
July 10, 2020 New York Times
Emily Oster said an economic downturn could present "an opportunity to revisit inefficiencies."
How President Trump Politicized School Reopenings (Emily Oster mentioned)
July 9, 2020 TIME
Emily Oster in TIME, "When you say you’re going to reopen, you can’t just unlock a door."
Reopening schools safely is going to take much more federal leadership (Emily Oster mentioned)
July 9, 2020 Vox
In this article, Emily Oster makes the argument that children should be supervised full-time even if they can’t be in a traditional classroom for a full school day.
The Atlantic Daily: The Politics of School Reopening (Emily Oster mentioned)
July 9, 2020 The Atlantic
Emily Oster in The Atlantic, "If countries with open schools simply reported the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases per school each week—if any—that would do wonders."
Is There A Way To Safely Reopen Schools In The Fall? (interview with Emily Oster)
July 9, 2020 National Public Radio
In this interview, Emily Oster discusses how to keep children and teachers safe when returning to school.
GOP-led Senate is at risk even if Trump wins (interview with Wendy Schiller)
July 6, 2020 Bloomberg
In this radio interview, Wendy Schiller discussed the federal response to the pandemic, the Russia bounty story and the Senate races.
Watch Healthy Returns: The path forward with Emily Oster (interview with Emily Oster)
July 6, 2020 CNBC
In this interview, Emily Oster shares the latest research and unbiased data on Covid-19.
The YMCA provided childcare to 40,000 kids during lockdown and said it didn't see any coronavirus outbreaks. Here are 11 precautions it took that worked. (Emily Oster cited)
July 6, 2020 Insider
This article mentions childcare center data collected by Emily Oster.
An economist who collected coronavirus data from 841 childcare centers explains how parents should decide whether to send kids back to school (commentary by Emily Oster)
July 1, 2020 Insider
Professor Emily Oster, who is part of a group of analysts tracking coronavirus research, offered commentary on data she collected through an informal survey on daycares that remained open during the pandemic.
Summer is here. Is camp safe? (commentary by Emily Oster)
June 30, 2020 Marketplace
This article includes commentary from Emily Oster on the feasibility and safety of sending kids to camp this summer.
Conversations on COVID: How science, data can inform personal choices during the pandemic
June 29, 2020
In June 2020, Emily Oster participated in a Q&A on her co-creation of the new website COVID Explained.
Why Trump’s focus on falling death rates could be dangerous (commentary by Catherine Lutz)
June 26, 2020 Politico
In this article, Catherine Lutz offered commentary on COVID-19 deaths.