Pandemic Politics Hit the Classroom

Published: Aug. 13, 2021, 8:01 a.m.

All over the country, school districts are grappling with how to safely reopen classrooms in the midst of a resurgent pandemic. While many have already made decisions about in-person learning, state and local governments are clashing over mask mandates and vaccination requirements. Edward-Isaac Dovere, a staff writer for The Atlantic and author of \u201cBattle for the Soul: Inside the Democrats' Campaigns to Defeat Trump,\u201d discusses the political and practical implications of such divergent reopening policies.