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Pandemic Policy

‘Treat This As You Would Any Illness’: Schools Across U.S. Downgrade COVID Rules

Asher Lehrer-Small

August 22, 2022

New CDC Guidance Could Be Gamechanger on Restrictions as Students Return to School

Iowa District: 5-Year-Old Refused to Wear Mask, Saying ‘My Body, My Choice’

74’s Student Council

Mental Health, Teacher Shortages, Uvalde: Students Talk 2022’s Key School Issues

Asher Lehrer-Small

The 74's Student Council

Student Voice: Graduating After a Third COVID-Disrupted School Year

Joshua Oh, Diego Camacho & Kota Babcock

Three Pfizer Shots 80% Effective Against Omicron in Toddlers, Trial Data Show

Asher Lehrer-Small

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt Preparing New Round of School Mask Lawsuits

Districts Recommend Masks — But Don’t Require Them — as COVID Counts Rise

Asher Lehrer-Small

Head Start, in Limbo Over Mask and Vaccine Mandates, Looks to Congress for Help

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Mixed Feelings About LAUSD Lifting Mask Mandate

How the CDC Botched Revising Its Mask Guidance for Preschoolers

Asher Lehrer-Small

As Mask Mandate Lifts, Parents Divided Over Their New Choice

Asher Lehrer-Small

The 74 Interview

LA's New School Chief on COVID Learning Recovery & Reversing Plunging Enrollment

February 28, 2022

CDC: Schools May Drop Masks When COVID Risk is Low or Medium

Asher Lehrer-Small

February 25, 2022

Two Studies Lay Out New Cases School Unmasking Could Trigger

Asher Lehrer-Small

February 22, 2022

Scenes From a Pandemic—Photos From 24 Months of COVID Inside One School District

Meghan Gallagher

February 10, 2022

Vax Up, Masks Down: MD, MA Look to ‘Off-Ramp’ Face Coverings in School

Asher Lehrer-Small

February 7, 2022

Masks in Child Care Reduced Center Closures, Year-Long Yale Study Finds

January 27, 2022

Ask the Doctor: Navigating the “New Math” of Omicron in Schools

Asher Lehrer-Small

January 7, 2022

COVID Policy Briefing

No More Masks at Schools? How Child Vaccines Could Change Safety Conversation

October 22, 2021

Acting on Questionable Evidence, More Districts Require Masks Outside

September 16, 2021

The Fatal Flaws of Conservatives Championing the ‘Recklessly Unmasked’

September 14, 2021

Ask the Doctor: Did We Misunderstand the Risk of COVID for Kids?

Asher Lehrer-Small

September 13, 2021

Shortage of Afterschool Workers Over COVID-19 Health Fears and Low Pay

September 9, 2021

‘Everything’s at Stake’: Dallas Supt. on Masking Showdown & Academic Recovery

Asher Lehrer-Small

September 2, 2021

Mask Mandates, Vaccine Mandates & Collective Bargaining

September 1, 2021

Ed Dept. Launches Civil Rights Probes Over Bans on Universal Masking

August 30, 2021

Watch: Ed Leaders Describe Reopening As Delta, Mask Fights Heat Up

August 27, 2021

'Horrific': School Leaders Describe Reopening Amid Fights Over Masks, Delta

August 26, 2021

Live at 1 pm ET: Education Leaders, Experts on How to Reopen Schools Safely

August 26, 2021

Florida Districts Hold Firm On Mask Mandates as COVID Cases Grow

August 25, 2021

Biden Threatens Ed Dept. ‘Enforcement Actions’ Against States Restricting Masks

August 18, 2021

CDC: Students Wearing Masks No Longer Need Quarantine, Even if ‘Close Contact’

Asher Lehrer-Small

August 18, 2021

Masks in Class—Legal or Illegal? Conflicting Court Rulings Confuse Texas Schools

Joshua Fechter & Brian Lopez

August 17, 2021

Texas Supreme Court Sides With Governor, Says Schools Cannot Mandate Masks

August 17, 2021

No Masks. No Remote Learning. Now Texas Parents Wonder: How to Keep Kids Safe?

August 16, 2021

Every Student Succeeds Act

Congress Gave Schools $110 Billion in Aid, But Added This Rule About Spending It

August 11, 2021

Biden Administration Defends FL Districts Defying State’s Ban on Mask Mandates

August 11, 2021

Texas Showdown: Several Big Districts Say They’ll Defy Governor on Student Masks

August 10, 2021

Biden Launches Large-Scale Effort to Get More Students Vaccinated

Students Return In Person to 3 Districts That Never Fully Reopened Last Year

Asher Lehrer-Small

Ask the Doctor: How to Protect Young Kids from COVID

Asher Lehrer-Small

COVID Policy Briefing

New School Bus Study: 462 Students, 39 COVID Infections, No Transmission

Youth Vaccination Rates Plummet, Reigniting Debates Over Masks in School

Asher Lehrer-Small

With Some Parents Mad Over Issues from School Closures to Critical Race Theory, Leaders Fear Impact on Fall Enrollment

New Federal Mask Guidance Puts School Districts in Tough Spot

CDC Guidance Promotes Full Reopening for Schools This Fall

Classrooms, COVID, the Community: Study Says In-Person School Accelerated Spread

Marissa Martinez

New Data: 27 States Abandon Universal Masking in School

Asher Lehrer-Small

Texas Bars Mask Requirements: Governor Says Schools Won’t Be Allowed to Mandate

Texas Mom Mobilizes on Masks

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