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State Board of Education VP urging Michigan governor’s administration to issue mask mandate for schools
Read full article: State Board of Education VP urging Michigan governor’s administration to issue mask mandate for schoolsThe vice president of the State Board of Education and Superintendent is calling on Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s administration to issue a mask mandate for schools.
Michigan panel OKs leaving COVID mask rules up to school districts
Read full article: Michigan panel OKs leaving COVID mask rules up to school districtsMichigan’s Board of Education has approved a resolution that supports allowing local school districts to make “scientifically informed decisions” about whether to mandate COVID-19 masks for all students, teachers and visitors.
Michigan board of education clash over mask rules during meeting
Read full article: Michigan board of education clash over mask rules during meetingAs K-12 schools prepare to resume in-person learning in Michigan and across the nation this fall, many are discussing whether children should be required to wear face masks to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Activists call for Michigan to declare racism a public health pandemic
Read full article: Activists call for Michigan to declare racism a public health pandemicActivists and advocates are calling for Michigan to declare racism a public health pandemic and take the steps needed to end it. We are definitely done dying, Michigan State Conf. In Michigan, COVID-19 rates of Blacks are four times that of Whites, Michigan State Conf. NAACP Health Chair Dr. Pamela Pugh said. The organizations want to see a declaration of racism as a public health pandemic on a state level, along with action and resources to address it.