Tag: Children COVID

Few Schools Returning to Mask Mandates as COVID Cases Increase

At least five school districts, most in the northeast of the country, have reinstated mask requirements for students amid an uptick in COVID-19 infections, and two requested that students be tested for the virus before returning to school from winter break. However, the trend toward student mask requirements does not appear to be growing toward…


13,000 Children Were Kicked out of School Over COVID-19 Rules in England

Nearly 13,000 children were excluded from school for not following COVID-19 rules, new figures show. According to figures released last week by the Department for Education, there were 12,965 exclusions from schools in England in the 2020–2021 academic year because of “wilful and repeated transgression of protective measures.” Seventy-seven exclusions were permanent and 12,888 were…