Vaccinate educators now A scene from the CEA's "Vaccinate educators now" video. Nearly a year after the coronavirus pandemic forced schools to shut down, no one is more eager for a full reopening than teachers, who understand the myriad advantages of in-person instruction and the hurdles of going remote. If we prioritize school reopening, however, we must prioritize vaccination of teachers. Jeff Leake In its latest guidelines on school reopening, the clearest yet, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention encourages states to prioritize teachers, maintaining, “Teachers and school staff hold jobs critical to the continued functioning of society and are a potential occupational risk of exposure to SARS-CoV-2.” The agency’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommends that teachers and school staff be prioritized for vaccine allocation in phase 1b of the rollout, underscoring that vaccinating teachers is a “layer of COVID mitigation and protection for both staff and students.”