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Claims fall far short of $10M Georgia special education fund

By Jeff Amy Jun. 25, 2021 05:54 PM EDT
ATLANTA (AP) — With just days before a deadline to claim expenses, state officials say parents of children with special education needs have claimed only a...

From left, Silvia Sinani, 24, Dijana Ferhatovic, 18, Zivka Ferhatovic, 20, Elma Dalipi, 14, Selma Dalipi, 14, and Zlata Ristic, 27, members of the Pretty Loud band, walk along a street in their neighborhood in Belgrade, Serbia, Wednesday, June 16, 2021. A female Roma, or Gypsy, band in Serbia has used music to preach women's empowerment within their community. Formed in 2014, “Pretty Loud” symbolically seeks to give a louder voice to Roma girls, encourage education and steer them away from the widespread custom of early marriage. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)
Serbian Roma girl band sings for women's empowerment

By Jovana Gec Jun. 22, 2021 02:51 AM EDT

FILE - In this May 28, 2021, file photo, motorists line up to receive Covishield, the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for COVID-19 at a drive-in vaccination facility in Ahmedabad, India. Starting June 21, 2021, every Indian adult can get a COVID-19 vaccine dose for free that was purchased by the federal government. The policy reversal announced last week ends a complex system of buying vaccines that worsened inequities in accessing vaccines. India is a key global supplier of vaccines and its missteps have left millions of people waiting unprotected. The policy change is likely to address inequality but questions remain and shortages will continue. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki, File)
EXPLAINER: How India is changing vaccine plan amid shortages

By Aniruddha Ghosal Jun. 18, 2021 02:07 AM EDT

North Kingstown math teacher named state Teacher of the Year

Jun. 17, 2021 12:11 PM EDT
NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (AP) — A North Kingstown High School math teacher who during the coronavirus pandemic helped lift student morale was named the state's...

Highlights of Republican-authored Wisconsin state budget

By Scott Bauer Jun. 17, 2021 10:30 AM EDT
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Legislature's budget-writing committee completed its work Thursday on the state's next two-year spending plan, paving the...

Actors Leslie Grace, left, and Jimmy Smits pose at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival opening night premiere of "In the Heights" at the United Palace theater on Wednesday, June 9, 2021, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Jimmy Smits figured he could carry a tune 'In the Heights'

By Sigal Ratner-Arias Jun. 14, 2021 09:22 AM EDT

In this Monday, May 10, 2021 students walk past a display for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month at Farmington High School in Farmington, Conn. The year of anti-Asian violence has led students and teachers to advocate for reexamining how Asian American studies and history are taught in public schools. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
Legislators, students push for K-12 Asian American studies

By Annie Ma Jun. 10, 2021 01:22 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Florida

By The Associated Press Jun. 09, 2021 07:10 AM EDT
South Florida Sun Sentinel. June 4, 2021. Editorial: Our kids’ education should be based on fact, not propaganda ' Editorial ...

Editorial Roundup: New England

By The Associated Press Jun. 04, 2021 10:02 AM EDT
Hearst Connecticut Media. June 4, 2021. Editorial: Declaring racism a public health crisis a bold step for CT, but there’s more to do ...

Las Cruces board selects Ramos as school superintendent

Jun. 02, 2021 10:21 AM EDT
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — Interim Superintendent Ralph Ramos has been chosen as permanent superintendent of the Las Cruces public school system, filling a...

Illinois tackles anti-Asian hate with the TEAACH Act

By Rita Oceguera Of Injustice Watch May. 29, 2021 01:01 AM EDT
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois is poised to become the first state to require that public schools teach their students the history of Asian Americans, who have...

Editorial Roundup: New England

By The Associated Press May. 28, 2021 07:00 AM EDT
Hearst Connecticut Media. May 26, 2021. Editorial: CT lavishes former UConn presidents with cushy jobs You’d never...

FILE- In this Jan. 21, 2021, file photo, employees pack boxes containing vials of Covishield, a version of the AstraZeneca vaccine at the Serum Institute of India in Pune, India. India, the world’s largest maker of vaccines, was expected to play a pivotal role in global efforts to immunize against COVID-19. But its own capacity is proving to be insufficient for its own massive needs amid a ferocious surge of new infections. In past weeks, many people wanting to get vaccines have been turned away. Experts say that this is due to bad planning. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File)
EXPLAINER: Why 'world's pharmacy' India is short on shots

By Aniruddha Ghosal May. 22, 2021 12:09 AM EDT

Nicholas Sugiarto, of San Diego, Calif., a student at Dartmouth College, stands for a photograph on the school's campus, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Hanover, N.H. A wave of anti-Asian attacks that started more than a year ago with the pandemic, along with the March 2021 shootings in Atlanta that left six Asian women dead, have provoked national conversations about the visibility of Asian Americans. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Racist attacks revive Asian American studies program demand

By Terry Tang May. 15, 2021 11:51 AM EDT

Teacher Juliana Urtubey, right, works with A'Real Wilkerson-Lay in a class at Kermit R Booker Sr Elementary School Wednesday, May 5, 2021, in Las Vegas. Urtubey is the the 2021 National Teacher of the Year. (AP Photo/John Locher)
National Teacher of Year focuses on individual student needs

By Michelle L. Price May. 06, 2021 08:45 AM EDT

This illustration provided by LaGuardia Community College, shows a diagram in Korean explaining RNA vaccine technology used in the COVID-19 vaccines as a part of the LaGuardia Community College's second online Undergraduate Research Newsletter, which breaks down the science behind the coronavirus vaccinations. The multilingual project was spearheaded by professor Lucia Fuentes, who guided her honors biology students in researching, preparing and publishing information on the coronavirus and the vaccines developed to counter it. (LaGuardia Community College via AP)
Professor overcomes loss to craft COVID-19 student brochures

By Luis Andres Henao May. 04, 2021 04:53 PM EDT

FILE - In this April 30, 2021, file photo, a relative of a person who died of COVID-19 mourns at a crematorium in Jammu, in Jammu, India. COVID-19 infections and deaths are mounting with alarming speed in India with no end in sight to the crisis. People are dying because of shortages of bottled oxygen and hospital beds or because they couldn’t get a COVID-19 test. (AP Photo/Channi Anand, File)
'Horrible' weeks ahead as India's virus catastrophe worsens

By Aniruddha Ghosal May. 04, 2021 12:08 AM EDT

State orders Chicago to fix special education in detention

By Kelly Garcia Of Injustice Watch Apr. 24, 2021 01:01 AM EDT
CHICAGO (AP) — The Illinois State Board of Education has ordered Chicago Public Schools to fix problems with special education services for students at the...

United State Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin poses for photographers as he arrives at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, April 14, 2021. (Kenzo Tribouillard, Pool via AP)
Pentagon chief Austin among speakers to South Carolina grads

By Meg Kinnard Apr. 22, 2021 12:28 PM EDT

A man reads a holy book before cremating his relative who died of COVID-19, in New Delhi, India, Monday, April 19, 2021. New infections are rising faster in India than any other place in the world, stunning authorities and capsizing its fragile health system. Overall, India has more than 15.6 million cases, the second-highest after the United States, with 182,553 deaths. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
EXPLAINER: Why India is shattering global infection records

By Aniruddha Ghosal And Krutika Pathi Apr. 22, 2021 03:27 AM EDT