Authors’ Note: Regardless of the Jan. 25 removal of Iowa schools' ability to enforce mask mandates, masks should still be worn indoors to protect oneself and others from COVID-19. Considering the omicron...

We’re a year into a pandemic. The world is in shambles. In March 2020, I was sent home from school for what was said to be two weeks. Those 14 days were transformed into months and months. Initially,...

Teachers arranged their classrooms and anticipated the day they would teach their students face-to- face on Jan. 19, 2021. The first day, teachers taught to almost empty classrooms. Most students remained...

Hardship after hardship has slammed Cedar Rapids schools since the beginning of 2020. The pandemic has changed the way we live and the derecho destroyed a large part of our community. A healthy and safe...