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The 74 Interview

Former Dallas Supe Hinojosa Speaks Out on COVID Fights & His Political Future

Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

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

Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic

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

Linda Jacobson
Iowa

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

Clark Kauffman
student voice

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

Asher Lehrer-Small
student voice

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

Joshua Oh, Diego Camacho & Kota Babcock
Pandemic

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

Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic

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

Rudi Keller
Pandemic

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

Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic

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

Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

Mixed Feelings About LAUSD Lifting Mask Mandate

Destiny Torres
Pandemic

How the CDC Botched Revising Its Mask Guidance for Preschoolers

Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic

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

Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

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

Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic

Two Studies Lay Out New Cases School Unmasking Could Trigger

Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic

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

Meghan Gallagher
Pandemic

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

Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic

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

Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

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

Asher Lehrer-Small
COVID Policy Briefing

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

John Bailey
Pandemic

Acting on Questionable Evidence, More Districts Require Masks Outside

Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

The Fatal Flaws of Conservatives Championing the ‘Recklessly Unmasked’

Conor P. Williams
Pandemic

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

Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic

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

Cheryn Hong
Pandemic

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

Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic

Mask Mandates, Vaccine Mandates & Collective Bargaining

Mike Antonucci
Pandemic

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

Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

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

The 74
Pandemic

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

The 74
COVID-19

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

The 74
Pandemic

Florida Districts Hold Firm On Mask Mandates as COVID Cases Grow

Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

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

Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

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

Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic

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

Joshua Fechter & Brian Lopez
Pandemic

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

Allyson Waller
Pandemic

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

Brian Lopez
Every Student Succeeds Act

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

Joshua Parrish
Pandemic

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

Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

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

Brian Lopez
Pandemic

Biden Launches Large-Scale Effort to Get More Students Vaccinated

Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

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

Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic

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

John Bailey
Pandemic

Youth Vaccination Rates Plummet, Reigniting Debates Over Masks in School

Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic

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

Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

New Federal Mask Guidance Puts School Districts in Tough Spot

Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

CDC Guidance Promotes Full Reopening for Schools This Fall

Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

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

Marissa Martinez
Pandemic

New Data: 27 States Abandon Universal Masking in School

Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic

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

Patrick Svitek
Pandemic

Texas Mom Mobilizes on Masks

Bekah McNeel
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