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Marr further said that despite being vaccinated it is advisable for all to wear face masks in a crowded place especially in view of the delta variant of Coronavirus which has very high transmission capacity.The utility of face masks since…

Note: This piece was written on Tuesday, Sept. 7. Let me start by saying how much I love the public schools in our rural North Carolina county. My son has had a wonderful experience at our local elementary school, when he’s been able to…

Parents in a Georgia school district have filed a complaint with the Department of Education over their schools’ policy allowing students to opt out of wearing a mask in school, even as COVID-19 cases mount across the district. In a…

WACO, Texas (AP) — A Central Texas school district closed its schools until after the Labor Day holiday Tuesday after two teachers died last week of COVID-19. Connally Independent School District officials closed its five suburban Waco…

The Education Department announced Monday that it’s investigating five Republican-led states with universal mask bans, saying the policies could amount to discrimination against students with disabilities or health…

When one Texas dad wanted to show his support for requiring masks in school, he resorted to the naked truth ― literally. The Lone Star State stopped enforcing Gov. Greg Abbott’s (R) ban on mask mandates in schools last week, but the…

New York’s freshly sworn-in Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on Tuesday a new mask mandate for schools, one of many pandemic-related initiatives she’s tackling immediately upon taking office. The Democratic governor, who was officially sworn in…

Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona said Sunday that his department is prepared to use its civil rights division to investigate school bans on face mask mandates ― the Biden administration’s latest effort to combat anti-mask policies…

A Texas school district is attempting to sidestep the governor’s ban on coronavirus mask mandates by requiring face coverings as part of its student dress code, as other schools across the state continue to defy and challenge the ban in…

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommended Monday that all children over the age of 2 should wear masks in school this fall, regardless of vaccination status, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues across the nation. The guidelines, which…