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Evers vetoes bill increasing eligibility for voucher program

Jun. 18, 2021 04:15 PM EDT
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers on Friday vetoed a bill that would have opened the door to more children going to private school using a voucher paid for...

FILE - This Tuesday May 18, 2021 file photo shows kindergarten students wearing face masks and separated by plexiglass during a math lesson at the Milton Elementary School in Rye, N.Y. New York plans to make mask-wearing optional in K-12 schools starting Monday, June 7, 2021 the state's health commissioner said in a letter to federal health regulators Friday. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
Masks optional in New York state schools starting Monday

By Marina Villeneuve Jun. 04, 2021 06:17 PM EDT

After decades-long fight, Nevada lawmakers raise mining tax

By Sam Metz May. 31, 2021 11:27 PM EDT
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — In a state that produces more gold than all but four countries, lawmakers voted to reform how the state taxes the mining industry,...

Negotiations revive education debates in Nevada statehouse

By Sam Metz May. 31, 2021 08:39 PM EDT
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — A mining tax proposal introduced in the Nevada statehouse has revived longstanding debates about charter schools and tax credits that...

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

People gather to protest Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot's policies near her home on the two-year anniversary of her inauguration, Thursday, May 20, 2021 in Chicago. (AP Photo/Shafkat Anowar)
Chicago mayor faces dashed hopes of her backers

By Sara Burnett May. 19, 2021 11:42 PM EDT

State's largest teachers union in favor of in-person return

May. 17, 2021 03:16 PM EDT
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The president of Pennsylvania’s largest teachers union expressed support Monday for in-person instruction in the fall, calling it a “top...

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

Bill Mathis packages THC products in Hazel Park, Mich., Thursday, April 29, 2021. A former teacher, Mathis has taken a new job in Michigan’s newly legalized cannabis industry. The pay is better, the hours more regular, the stress less, he says. No longer does he worry that he’ll catch COVID-19. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Public service in the US: Increasingly thankless, exhausting

By Martha Irvine May. 12, 2021 01:03 AM EDT

FILE - In this March 12, 2020, file photo, George Washington High School stands in San Francisco. After a full year of distance learning, San Francisco's high school seniors will get to return to classrooms for "at least one day" before graduation in a deal between teachers and the school district, a plan that drew quick criticism. The teachers union announced the "exciting news" last weekend that the Class of 2021 will be able to return to classrooms starting Friday, May 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
San Francisco plan returns seniors to school for just a day

May. 11, 2021 02:17 PM EDT

Wisconsin Assembly approves raising voucher school income

May. 11, 2021 02:10 AM EDT
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin families who want to send their children to a private school using a voucher paid for by taxpayers would increase to three times...

Chicago Public Schools CEO Janice Jackson wipes away tears as she speaks about her time at CPS during a news conference, Monday, May 3, 2021 in Chicago. The leader of Chicago Public Schools announced that she is leaving the post later this year because it's time to “pass the torch to new leadership" of the nation's third-largest school district. (Anthony Vazquez/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
Chicago schools chief plans to leave post later this year

By Sophia Tareen May. 03, 2021 12:44 PM EDT

First-year teacher Cindy Hipps sits outside of Lagos Elementary School, at Manor Independent School District campus east of Austin, Texas where she has taught first grade in a virtual and in-person hybrid classroom during the COVID-19 pandemic. Hipps said she was told she "was introduced to the ring of fire of teaching." "I feel like a superwoman now, like I can take on anything.” (Acacia Coronado/Report for America via AP)
Virus, technology, unrest make stressful year for teachers

By Acacia Coronado And Kantele Franko May. 02, 2021 10:40 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Florida

By The Associated Press Apr. 28, 2021 01:56 PM EDT
Sun Sentinel. April 27, 2021. Editorial: A rare victory for openness, thanks to 14 Democratic senators As the annual...

Vice President Kamala Harris talks with Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., on arrival in Oakland, Calif., Monday, April 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Dems push $25B for electric school buses, a Biden priority

By Hope Yen Apr. 21, 2021 11:53 AM EDT

Chicago high schools to reopen Monday after union approval

By Sophia Tareen Apr. 18, 2021 06:01 PM EDT
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago’s public high schools were set to reopen Monday for the first time since the nation's third-largest school district went fully remote...

Free Peru party presidential candidate Pedro Castillo cooks breakfast for his family in his home in Chugur, Peru, Friday, April 16, 2021. Castillo, a rural teacher, who has proposed rewriting Peru's constitution and deporting all immigrants living in the country illegally who commit crimes, will face rival candidate Keiko Fujimori in the June 6 presidential run-off election. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
Students' struggles pushed Peru teacher to run for president

By Franklin Briceño And Regina Garcia Cano Apr. 18, 2021 09:47 AM EDT

Seattle teachers OK deal for older students in classroom

Apr. 15, 2021 01:50 PM EDT
SEATTLE (AP) — A decision approved by Seattle’s teachers means at least 10,000 middle- and high-school students can return to class for the first time in more...

A 16-year-old Orange County resident gets a COVID-19 vaccine at the Florida Department of Health drive-thru site at the Orange County Convention in Orlando, Fla., Monday, April 5, 2021. Beginning Monday, all residents 16 or older are eligible to receive the vaccine, per an executive order issued by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP)
Florida education chief: Masks should be voluntary next year

Apr. 15, 2021 12:05 PM EDT

Indiana House Speaker Todd Huston, R-Fishers, speaks during a news conference at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis, Thursday, April 15, 2021, with Indiana Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Ryan Mishler, R-Bremen, center, and Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Bray, R-Martinsville. A new state revenue report given Thursday to legislators projects tax collections will bounce back stronger than expected from the pandemic recession. (AP Photo/Tom Davies)
Better Indiana outlook brings calls for bigger schools boost

By Tom Davies And Casey Smith Apr. 15, 2021 11:10 AM EDT