Even before full approval of Pfizer's COVID vaccine, a majority of parents polled said their kids would feel safer in school if classmates and teachers were vaccinated.
Washington state and Broward County Public Schools join other major school systems in reinstating masks mandates following latest shift in CDC COVID guidance.
As district leaders moved quickly to follow the CDC's call to mandate masks this school year, officials in other states declared that families will choose whether students wear face coverings.
All New York City teachers must be fully vaccinated against COVID by Sept. 13, the first day of school, or submit to weekly testing, Mayor Bill de Blasio ordered Monday.
Calling critical race theory "deeply flawed and controversial," 20 state attorneys general want it left out of Department of Ed history and civics guidance.
