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  • Two School Districts Had Different Mask Policies. Only One Had a Teacher on a Ventilator.

    Annie Waldman Heather Vogell

    November 23, 2020 |

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    Response Location: United States, Marietta, Georgia

    Two schools in two different cities in Georgia have provided a case study for the efficacy of wearing masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19. In one case where masks were optional and only half of the school opted to wear one, the school was overcome by a coronavirus outbreak; while in the other city where masks were mandatory, the school saw significantly fewer cases of the disease.

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  • Arkansas Spurns Warehousing of Floundering Students

    Heather Vogell

    December 22, 2017 |

    ProPublica |

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    Response Location: United States, Bentonville, Arkansas

    The state of Arkansas cares deeply about the wellbeing of its students, as evidenced by its flourishing system of alternative schools that provide extra counseling in academics, social and mental support, and research-backed techniques that reduce bad behavior, poor grades, and absenteeism. The schools even work to dismantle the taboo around alternative schools, presenting them as an intervention rather than a punishment. The introduction of these schools correlates with a decline in Arkansas' overall dropout rate from 2002 to 2012, and nearly 10% of its graduates have spent time in alternative education.

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