(SAMHSA) OP-ED: Reopen schools and let parents decide how to educate their children in the COVID pandemic August 17, 2020 OP-ED: Reopen schools and let parents decide how to educate their children in the COVID pandemic In a USA Today op-ed, Elinore McCance-Katz, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, writes all parents should be afforded the opportunity to decide how to educate their children in the COVID-19 pandemic. Read the Op-Ed