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Take a Seat on the Concrete

Students attend an outdoor learning session in the Red Hook neighborhood in New York City.
Students attend an outdoor learning session in the Red Hook neighborhood in New York City. Photo: Spencer Platt (Getty Images)

The outdoor school included a crossing guard, a traffic barricade, and a hand-washing station. Children gathered around teachers—ready with portable drawing boards—and sat on cushions on the pavement far away from each other. Nearly all of the children appeared to be wearing face masks. The parents and teachers in the photos also sported them.

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