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Does my child need to wear a mask for school? What are the rules for masks and back to school? Here's a look at the school mask rules state-by-state.

As school gets underway and coronavirus cases rise, masks are returning to some American classrooms — and reviving the country’s fraught political debate over whether face coverings are common ...

Rosemary Hills Elementary School in Montgomery County, Maryland, sent a letter to parents informing them that the public school is reinstating COVID-19 school mask mandates for some students.

In light of an uptick in COVID-19 cases, the Montclair School District is temporarily requiring students and staff to wear masks in the high school.

This week, students at West Seattle High School are being asked to pack their masks once again as COVID-19 case counts begin to rise.

Chelsea Public Schools has implemented a mask mandate for students and staff after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designated Suffolk County as "High Risk” for COVID-19 ...

Students, staff at some schools now are required to wear masks as COVID-19, and respiratory viruses RSV and influenza spread in the U.S.

In a so-called natural experiment, two school districts in Boston maintained masking after mandates had been lifted in others, enabling a unique comparison.

Our results support universal masking as an important strategy for reducing Covid-19 incidence in schools and loss of in-person school days.

Most students and teachers aren’t wearing masks anymore, and there have been fewer reported COVID-19 outbreaks even though the CDC says virus transmission rates remain high.

The district will continue to re-evaluate the COVID-19 transmission numbers on a weekly basis.Students at Bradley Tech High School were split on whether or not they'll still choose to wear one ...