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This week’s R&D is on the debate over school mask mandates. While some states like South Carolina and Texas have prohibited schools from setting mask requirements, others like California and New Mexico will require them. The fight has become a grassroots battle over local education policy going into the 2021-2022 school year.
One of the first in the U.S. to start a new school year, Arizona provides an early indication of how mask-wearing could play out across the country https://t.co/j7Xh8n2ZSy
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) August 4, 2021
Read more about how students are adjusting to masks in school from @melissagomez004 at https://t.co/1alTkUmAXX
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) August 3, 2021
Arkansas is one of a handful that blocked school districts from mandating the use of masks in schools. Within days of reopening, hundreds were quarantined. https://t.co/ERPlCfabpT
— U.S. News & World Report (@usnews) August 5, 2021