by Beth Holmes | Aug 9, 2021 | News, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
This fall, students need to be back in school and students, staff, and teachers should engage in universal masking, says Education Secretary Miguel Cardona. “That’s where students learn best,” Cardona told NPR. “Schools are more than just places where students...
by Beth Holmes | Apr 26, 2021 | News, Student Issues
It’s not new for colleges to require vaccinations. Most four-year institutions in the country (between 80 and 90 percent) require at least the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine, which most importantly protects against measles. While measles is rarely fatal in young...
by Supporting Education | Jan 10, 2020 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues
In 2019, 87 people in Western Washington, mostly in Kent and Issaquah were infected in two measles outbreaks. Measles, a highly infectious airborne virus, is a disease that was almost gone from the developed world, but still directly responsible for tens of thousands...
