Back to School, Ready or Not? Copy link By Isabelle Lee and Toyloy Brown III Copy link By Isabelle Lee and Toyloy Brown III While you’re enjoying the summer fun, behind the scenes a school experience like no other is ramping up. Masks or no masks? In-person or Zoom? Vaccinations or masks, or just stay home altogether? These are some of the many choices students and parents alike are pondering over as the clock ticks down to the first day of school. Colleges and schools in the U.S., flush with federal funding, find themselves hard at work figuring out ways to facilitate productive and fun learning experiences in a post-COVID-19 world.