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Philly should use the schools reopening debate to fix longer-term problems | Opinion

Communities of color already faced plenty of education barriers before the pandemic.

Philadelphia educators leave letters and fans outside Mayor Jim Kenney’s residence at Third and Race Streets to protest COVID-19 risks inside schools along with other hazardous problems before the pandemic hit on Friday, Feb. 12, 2021.
Philadelphia educators leave letters and fans outside Mayor Jim Kenney’s residence at Third and Race Streets to protest COVID-19 risks inside schools along with other hazardous problems before the pandemic hit on Friday, Feb. 12, 2021.Read moreTYGER WILLIAMS / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER