CDC Says Teachers May Be Key To COVID-19 Infections In Schools, After Study Of Marietta District

A new state audit shows Georgia public school students, on average, fell between three and six months behind during the pandemic.

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Updated at 6:30 p.m. Monday

A new study finds that teachers may be more important drivers of COVID-19 transmission in schools than students.

The paper released Monday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention studies nine COVID-19 transmission clusters in elementary schools in the Atlanta suburb of Marietta in December and January. That included one cluster where 16 teachers, students and relatives of students at home were infected.