Outdoor Learning, Leave the Classroom Behind

A4LE White Papers

Special COVID-19 Issue

White Paper for the Association for Learning Environments
by Prakash Nair, AIA
Collaborators:
Roni Zimmer Doctori
Dr. Gary Stager

Publication Date: August 12, 2020

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As of this writing, almost all 76 million school-age children in the United States are locked out of school with prospects of returning in a fulltime capacity anytime soon dimming by the day. There is a common misconception that, as one of COVID-19’s worst-hit countries, the U.S. is holding back children from returning even as other countries have reopened their schools. The reality is that almost a billion students in 143 countries will not be returning to school this fall.