NewsPronto

 
Men's Weekly

.

USA Conversation

The Conversation USA

The Conversation USA

Who has the power to say kids do or don't have to wear masks in school – the governor or the school district? It's not clear

  • Written by Jennifer Selin, Kinder Institute Assistant Professor of Constitutional Democracy, University of Missouri-Columbia
imageThe Richardson Independent School District in Texas is among the many districts across the state defying the governor's mask mandate ban to require masks for students. AP Photo/LM Otero

Legal battles over masks in schools are being fought across the country, including in Arkansas, California, Florida, Kentucky, Michigan, Oklahoma, Nevada and Texas....

Read more: Who has the power to say kids do or don't have to wear masks in school – the governor or the...

More Articles ...

  1. What the 'Lyme wars' can teach us about COVID-19 and how to find common ground in the school reopening debate
  2. Lesson from a robot swarm: Change group behavior by talking one-on-one rather than getting on a soapbox
  3. When hotter and drier means more – but eventually less – wildfire
  4. The US is taking a bite out of its food insecurity – here's one way to scrap the problem altogether
  5. Thinking objectively about romantic conflicts could lead to fewer future disagreements
  6. Individual dietary choices can add – or take away – minutes, hours and years of life
  7. 5 claves para entender el conflicto en Afganistán
  8. An Afghan American scholar describes his fear-filled journey from the chaos at Kabul airport to a plane bound for home in the US
  9. Warrior, servant, mother, unifier – the Virgin Mary has played many roles through the centuries
  10. How patients talk about cancer with family, friends and doctors
  11. Correctional officers are driving the pandemic in prisons
  12. Why did a military superpower fail in Afghanistan?
  13. An elite Virginia high school overhauled admissions for gifted students – here's how to tell if the changes are working
  14. Can health insurance companies charge the unvaccinated higher premiums? What about life insurers? 5 questions answered
  15. Mexico, facing its third COVID-19 wave, shows the dangers of weak federal coordination
  16. Fish fins are teaching us the secret to flexible robots and new shape-changing materials
  17. Tick bites: Every year is a bad tick year
  18. Afghanistan only the latest US war to be driven by deceit and delusion
  19. Will recent political instability affect Haiti's earthquake response? We ask an expert
  20. America's moral responsibility for the tragedy unfolding in Afghanistan
  21. Climate change is relentless: Seemingly small shifts have big consequences
  22. Nursing home residents and staff are traumatized from the pandemic - collaborative care can help with recovery
  23. Organic food has become mainstream but still has room to grow
  24. The story of Nearest Green, America's first known Black master distiller
  25. An AI expert explains why it's hard to give computers something you take for granted: Common sense
  26. When the NCAA permitted colleges to pay stipends to student-athletes, the colleges also raised their estimated expenses
  27. As Colorado River Basin states confront water shortages, it's time to focus on reducing demand
  28. Afghans' lives and livelihoods upended even more as US occupation ends
  29. Schools can reopen safely – an epidemiologist describes what works and what's not worth the effort
  30. Rat poison is just one of the potentially dangerous substances likely to be mixed into illicit drugs
  31. Vladimir Putin plans to win Russia's parliamentary election no matter how unpopular his party is
  32. Why we missed hugs
  33. How a volcano and flaming red sunsets led an amateur scientist in Hawaii to discover jet streams
  34. 'Freezer burn' is a serious problem – preventing ice recrystallization may alleviate it
  35. Is it possible to recreate dinosaurs from their DNA?
  36. Deciphering the symptoms of long COVID-19 is slow and painstaking – for both sufferers and their physicians
  37. 250 preschool kids get suspended or expelled each day - 5 questions answered
  38. Afghan government collapses and Taliban on verge of controlling country: 5 essential reads
  39. Afghan government collapses, Taliban seize control: 5 essential reads
  40. Cómo los barrios gay en Estados Unidos utilizaron la experiencia del VIH para ayudar contra el COVID
  41. The disturbing history of how conservatorships were used to exploit, swindle Native Americans
  42. How religious fervor and anti-regulation zealotry laid the groundwork for America's $36 billion supplement industry
  43. Women make fewer political donations and risk being ignored by elected officials
  44. In Afghanistan, the US again gets to choose how it stops fighting
  45. Colleges are using federal stimulus money to clear students' past-due debts – an economist answers five questions
  46. What America's social justice activists can learn from past movements for civil rights
  47. The aching red: Firefighters often silently suffer from trauma and job-related stress
  48. The Internet Archive has been fighting for 25 years to keep what's on the web from disappearing – and you can help
  49. Why Warren Buffett is a model for his billionaire peers
  50. 5 #MeToo takeaways from Andrew Cuomo and Activision Blizzard sex harassment scandals