The Maryland State Board of Education on Tuesday approved a new emergency ordinance that would allow schools to lift masking requirements based on local COVID-19 metrics. To enter into force, the regulation would have to be approved by the State’s Joint Administrative, Executive and Legislative Review Committee (AELR). It would repeal and replace a nationwide […]
Thoughtful piece from The Atlantic. Are masks compulsory in your children’s schools? If so, to what extent? ### The disadvantages of masking young students are real The educational cost of face coverings is far better known than the benefits of mandating. By Vinay Prasad About the author: Vinay Prasad, hematologist and oncologist, is an adjunct […]
School districts that are already in the middle of reforming school policy must now adopt new guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In a reversal of the previous guidelines, the agency announced that it would now recommend masking in schools. We know from the pandemic it works, kids who went to school […]
