800 students quarantined in Baltimore County
Several hundred students and staff in Baltimore Co. Public Schools are quarantining after close contact with Covid-positive people.
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Chicago schools open; it’s been more than 500 days
A union leader in Chicago calls on schools to be better prepared for students returning in the middle of a pandemic. Nurses, social workers!
S.C., Fla., Utah, Iowa in mask mandate lawsuits
Lawsuits from parents and others are challenging bans on mask mandates. Go parents!!
Md. state board approves universal school masking
The Md. state board has approved an emergency regulation that calls for universal masking in the state's schools.
8,400 quarantined in a Florida district
As students fall ill and run the risk of infecting more vulnerable family members and friends, state rules and laws are mixed.
High court will allow vaccine mandate at Ind. Univ.
A vaccine mandate imposed on students can be enforced for now, as a lawsuit challenging it has failed at the Supreme Court.
Clamor in courts over masking mandates
Mask mandates and bans on mask mandates are streaming from political leaders; the rules are being tested in courtrooms.
Teachers in Calif. must get vaccinated
Calif. became the 1st state in the nation to issue a mandate that educators get vaccinated against Covid-19 or undergo weekly testing.
12 or over? Get vaccinated. Period.
We urge you to get vaccinated. It's no different from a measles vaccine, and any other opinion is fake. We're dying here.
Delta variant surges as schools open
As schools open this fall, mask mandates and bans on mask mandates, as well as a push to get people vaccinated, dominate school news.