Data released by the state and published here as a searchable database provides information on current mask policies for many of Michigan’s 537 public school districts.
Michigan K-12 schools
Posted inTalent & Education
Almost half of Michigan students now in schools with COVID mask mandates
Even without a statewide school mask mandate, many Michigan students will be required to wear face coverings when they return to classrooms in the coming days.
Posted inTalent & Education
Q & A: Small-town Michigan superintendent tells why he is mandating masks
With no state mandate, local Michigan superintendents are being forced to make tough decisions on whether to require face masks to protect against COVID this fall. The debate is dividing communities like Eaton Rapids.
Posted inTalent & Education
State’s top doc to Whitmer: School mask mandate would reduce COVID in Michigan
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who said she would “follow the science” on pandemic policy, is apparently not following the advice of her chief medical officer on school face mask mandates.
Posted inGuest Commentary
Opinion | Hey Mike Shirkey, questioning face masks is just ignorant
How do you suppose we get children back in school and not vaccinate and not have them wear masks? If we want children to benefit from sports participation and in-person school, we need common-sense measures to protect students.
Posted inGuest Commentary
Opinion | Republicans are spreading disinformation about vaccine, face masks
With so much at risk to every child who isn’t vaccinated, discouraging a simple safety measure that can protect lives – wearing a mask in school – is as reckless and foolish as it is negligent.
Posted inTalent & Education
How Michigan schools are spending $6 billion in federal COVID relief
Michigan schools are investing heavily in summer school to accelerate learning. They are hiring reading, math and behavioral specialists (and a few drones) as students transition back to classrooms.
Posted inGuest Commentary
Opinion | Science— not politics — should guide policy on masks in schools
Michigan’s Republican Senate Majority Leader argues that mask mandates are a ‘solution in search of a problem’ and inconvenient facts about COVID-19 are ignored by policymakers and public health officials.
Posted inGuest Commentary
Opinion | Schools must teach all of U.S. history. That includes racism
Michigan’s school superintendent writes that critical race theory isn’t taught in public schools, but “to chose to ignore race and racism in our teaching is to … erase history.”
Posted inTalent & Education
Michigan GOP school board members lose vote to discourage masks in class
The board, by a 6-2 vote, rejected a non-binding resolution by Republican members to prevent schools from requiring masks, COVID tests or quarantining unvaccinated students. One GOP member was in tears.