Seattle parents outraged as schools, teachers' union delay reopening

The first scheduled day of going to school in a year did not go as planned for Seattle parents and students. District officials planned to bring back kindergartners and first graders, but the Seattle Education Association refused.

"They're lonely, they're isolated, they're depressed, their grades are down," said Karli Geller, who has two kids in Northshore Schools. She and her husband are also teachers. Geller's concerns are confirmed in a new report commissioned by the Walton Family Foundation. The American Enterprise Institute and five other nonprofits analyzed 130 studies and concluded that the public benefits of closing schools the last year are "questionable" and they are far outweighed by the grave risks to children.