our heroes
Meet the parents, children, and doctors who fought back against school closures.

The Kammer brothers, Baltimore County Public Schools

Garrett "Bam" Morgan, Jr. High School Football Player Queens, NY

Carol Vidal, MD, PhD, MPH Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist Johns Hopkins University

Jonathan Zachreson, founder of Reopen California Schools with Dana Hensley, Co-founder of Restore Childhood

Michael Pinckney, Jr. with his father and grandfather Queens, NY

Debra Tisler, open schools mom and school board candidate Fairfax County, VA

Jay Bhattacharya, MD PhD Stanford University Author of the Great Barrington Declaration

The Restore Childhood team visits the Capitol to advocate for child first policies

Jenin Younes Civil Liberties Attorney Washington, D.C.

Maud Maron and Yiatin Chu Open schools moms Manhattan, NY

Kristen Walsh, MD Community Pediatrician New Jersey

Ron Naclerio, high school basketball coach in Queens, NY with Natalya Murakhver, co-founder of Restore Childhood

Stephanie Edmonds, Founder of Teachers 4 Open Schools Bronx, NY

Hudson Donovan, age 6 Harlem, NY

Talibah Hicks with son Robert Livingston, age 15, and daughter, age 3 Harlem, NYC
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The true impacts of school closures remain to be seen.
Source: CDC.gov
Source: COVID-19, School Closures, and Student Learning Outcomes by Maciej Jakubowski, Tomasz Gajderowicz, and Harry Patrinos.