School safety

Editorial Roundup: Kentucky

By The Associated Press Jun. 23, 2021 05:37 PM EDT
Bowling Green Daily News. June 20, 2021. Editorial: WKU failing when it comes to transparency Last week, we published...

UVM Food Systems Research Center gets $11M in federal funds

Jun. 19, 2021 04:01 PM EDT
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — The University of Vermont Food Systems Research Center is getting $11 million in federal funding to support its work researching the...

Interim Austin Police Chief Joseph Chacon speaks at a news conference about the shooting, Saturday, June 12, 2021 in downtown Austin, Texas. Police were searching for two people suspected in a mass shooting on a crowded downtown Austin street early Saturday in which 14 people were wounded, including two critically. (Ana Ramirez/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

Rash of mass shootings stirs US fears heading into summer

By Kathleen Foody Jun. 12, 2021 04:42 PM 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

Biden gives video address to graduating Parkland students

Jun. 08, 2021 09:00 PM EDT
PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — President Joe Biden, in a surprise video address to a Tuesday commencement ceremony, said graduating seniors who were freshmen when a...

Aerial view of streets flooded by the Negro River, in downtown Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil, Tuesday, June 1, 2021. Rivers around Brazil's biggest city in the Amazon rain forest have swelled to levels unseen in over a century of record-keeping, according to data published Tuesday by Manaus' port authorities. (AP Photos/Nelson Antoine)

Amazon city shuts down amid attacks over trafficker's death

By Marcelo Silva De Sousa Jun. 07, 2021 04:28 PM EDT

FILE - In this May 19, 2021, file photo, Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin announces her candidacy to become governor of Idaho at a rally on the Statehouse steps in Boise, Idaho. Lt. Gov. McGeachin on Thursday, May 27, 2021, issued an executive order banning mask mandates statewide among state political entities and schools. McGeachin is acting governor while Republican Gov. Brad Little is out of state at the Republican Governors Association conference. (Darin Oswald/Idaho Statesman via AP, File)

Idaho lieutenant governor bans mask mandates

By Keith Ridler May. 27, 2021 01:27 PM EDT

FILE — In this March 24, 2021 file photo, Melissa Jean reads "The Gruffalo" to her son's pre-K class at Phyl's Academy, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. New York City schools will be all in person this fall with no remote options, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday, May 24. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, Pool, File)

NYC mayor: Public schools will be all in person this fall

By Karen Matthews May. 24, 2021 07:50 AM EDT

Indiana University requiring COVID-19 vaccination shots

May. 21, 2021 01:28 PM EDT
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Indiana University is requiring all students and employees to receive COVID-19 vaccinations for the fall semester and is threatening...

In this Oct. 16, 2019 photo, Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Tom Ahart speaks to students about the By Degrees foundation starting college savings accounts for students at Harding Middle School in Des Moines, Iowa. Like superintendents across the country, the leader of Iowa’s largest school system has faced plenty of criticism as he attempted to educate children in the past year while also keeping them safe during the coronavirus pandemic. But as pressure eases in many districts thanks to falling infection rates, Ahart is facing more uncertainty. (Kelsey Kremer/The Des Moines Register via AP)

Virus dispute could force Iowa schools leader out of job

Scott Mcfetridge May. 19, 2021 11:46 AM EDT

James "Lap" Baker, a 1970 Jackson State College graduate, speaks on May 13, 2021, in Jackson, Miss., about the May 15, 1970, incident where white local police and Mississippi Highway Patrol troopers marched onto campus of the historically Black school and opened fire on students, claiming they had seen a sniper. Baker is among about 70 graduates being honored as the school, now called Jackson State University, is holding a graduation ceremony 51 years after it canceled the 1970 commencement after the violence. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

A university honors its grads 51 years after police shooting

By Emily Wagster Pettus May. 14, 2021 01:23 PM EDT

In this May 3, 2021, photo, President Joe Biden gestures as he talks to students during a visit to Yorktown Elementary School, in Yorktown, Va., as first lady Jill Biden watches. Biden has met his goal of having most elementary and middle schools open for full, in-person learning in his first 100 days. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Presidents of teachers unions call for full school reopening

By Collin Binkley May. 13, 2021 11:36 AM EDT

In this April 27, 2021 photo, students walk out of school at Austin-East Magnet High School in Knoxville, Tenn. Members of the Black community in Knoxville, Tennessee, are calling for reforms to dispel longstanding disparities between Blacks and whites. They say that is one of the steps that needs to be taken to reduce increasing violence that has claimed the lives of five high school-age students this year. (AP Photo/Kimberlee Kruesi)

Knoxville's Black community protests after student deaths

By Kimberlee Kruesi May. 06, 2021 12:58 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: West Virginia

By The Associated Press Apr. 28, 2021 01:30 PM EDT
Charleston Gazette-Mail. April 26, 2021. Editorial: WV delegation should repeal bad lending rule Cross any of West...

FILE - In this April 23, 2021, file photo members of the Supreme Court pose for a group photo at the Supreme Court in Washington. Seated from left are Associate Justice Samuel Alito, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John Roberts, Associate Justice Stephen Breyer and Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Standing from left are Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Associate Justice Elena Kagan, Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch and Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett. Before the Supreme Court this is week is an argument over whether public schools can discipline students over something they say off-campus. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times via AP, Pool, File)

Student's Snapchat profanity leads to high court speech case

By Mark Sherman Apr. 26, 2021 12:10 AM EDT

High school student Grace Hu, 16, of Sharon, Mass., stands for a photograph near Sharon High School, Sunday, April 11, 2021, in Sharon. Hu, who plans to to go back to in-person classes in April, helped organize a rally in Boston in early April against anti-Asian hate, but said she's not concerned about facing vitriol when her school reopens fully. The district, located about 27 miles south of Boston, has a sizable Asian student population and has felt generally safe and welcoming to her. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Asian Americans wary about school amid virus, violence

By Philip Marcelo Apr. 20, 2021 12:26 AM EDT

Police to provide extra security at school board meeting

Apr. 19, 2021 08:36 AM EDT
TOWSON, Md. (AP) — Police say they will provide extra security at an upcoming Baltimore County school board meeting after the board’s chairwoman says she will...

Knoxville police work the scene of a shooting at Austin-East Magnet High School Monday, April 12, 2021, in Knoxville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)

Mayor's request for release of school shooting video denied

By Adrian Sainz Apr. 15, 2021 12:26 PM EDT

Officer wounded in school wasn't shot by student's gun

By Adrian Sainz Apr. 14, 2021 06:30 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania

By The Associated Press Apr. 14, 2021 09:00 AM EDT
Philadelphia Inquirer. April 9, 2021. Editorial: Transitioning away from fossil fuels means transitioning away from housing injustice ...