President Joe Biden’s nominee for education secretary is pledging to counter what he calls the “frustration and distrust and fear” about reopening schools in the middle of a pandemic.

New guidance addresses the requests of small, rural LEAs to provide clear and current information on how to apply for and use Rural Education Achievement Program funds.

President Joe Biden says he wants most schools serving kindergarten through eighth grade to reopen by late April, but even if that happens, it is likely to leave out millions of students, many of them minorities in urban areas.

“It's less likely for a child to get infected in the school setting than if they were just in the community,” Fauci said.