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Masks

School closures. A new mask mandate. COVID is coming back, but how bad?

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Masks will once again be required in Philadelphia's schools as other large districts are also seeing an increase in COVID cases. Still, K-12 leaders elsewhere are dropping their mask mandates.

Top 10 states where the most in-person learning occurred during COVID

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"School closures may ultimately prove to be the most costly policy decision of the pandemic era." That's the somber conclusion made by researchers taking a fresh look at the economic and other impacts of COVID. 

How are school leaders responding as COVID rises again in some districts?

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Neither mask mandates nor other precautions are returning to schools that are dealing with increasing new COVID cases in recent weeks.

Federal judge sides with 12 disabled kids seeking masks in schools

Matt Zalaznick -
Federal judge rules that a new Virginia law allowing parents to opt children out of mask mandates cannot prevent 12 vulnerable students from seeking a “reasonable modification” that could require that their classmates wear masks.

Mask tracker: Last batch of K-12 mandates have come to an end

Matt Zalaznick -
States that had mask mandates in place the longest are now lifting the requirement as districts across the country look to find a new normal.

K-12 mask mandates not only worked. They really worked.

Matt Zalaznick -
As waves of West Coast districts join the nation in loosening COVID rules, yet more evidence is showing that mask mandates were extremely effective in blocking the virus.

Florida education commissioner who battled mask mandates to resign next month

Charles Hendrix -
During Richard Corcoran's tenure, the state department of education clashed with districts in the state and with the U.S. Department of Education over restrictions on mask mandates in schools.

Just how effective were masks in stopping COVID from spreading in schools?

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With the masking decision in most parts of the county now left up to students and families, the CDC reports that masks cut COVID transmission rates by a significant amount.

End of an era? Almost all K-12 students now free to take off masks

Matt Zalaznick -
Going to school without a mask is now—or will soon be—an option for students in almost every district in the U.S. as the last few major mask mandates are set to expire in the next week or so.

K-12 COVID safety precautions are being canceled as quickly as masks

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While many in education are eager for a return to pre-pandemic normally as omicron cases plunge, others worry defenses are being lowered too soon.

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