Primary and secondary education
A high school student has his body temperature checked as he enters a school at Glyfada suburb, west of Athens, Monday, April 12, 2021. Home tests have been distributed to teachers and students aged 16-18, as authorities reopened high schools for students in the final three grades on Monday. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)
Greece pins hopes on mandatory home testing, opens schools

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State Sen. Beth Mizell, R-Franklinton, the Senate's second-highest ranking member, speaks about legislative work in response to a report that details Louisiana State University's repeated mishandling of sexual misconduct allegations, on Friday, March 19, 2021, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)
Louisiana lawmakers ready for latest session starting Monday

By Melinda Deslatte Apr. 10, 2021 10:14 AM EDT

New York eases distancing requirements for schools

By Carolyn Thompson Apr. 09, 2021 07:20 PM EDT
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — New York state on Friday eased reopening restrictions on schools to allow most students to sit closer together as long as they continue to...

First-grader Kayden Welch gets frustrated with his computer during the first day back to in-person learning at Cliffdale Elementary School in Fayetteville, N.C., on Monday, March 15, 2021. Students last went to school buildings for classes on March 13, 2020. (Andrew Craft /The Fayetteville Observer via AP)
Cooper OK's bill offering K-12 students summer school option

By Bryan Anderson Apr. 09, 2021 04:19 PM EDT

In this photo provided by the Michigan Office of the Governor, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer addresses the state as Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Chief Medical Executive Dr. Joneigh Khaldun, right, listens in on Friday, April 9, 2021, in Lansing, Mich. Faced with the country's highest rate of new coronavirus infections, Whitmer on Friday urged a two-week suspension of in-person high school classes, all youth sports and indoor restaurant dining. (Michigan Office of the Governor via AP)
Whitmer urges halt of high school classes, youth sports

By David Eggert Apr. 09, 2021 10:00 AM EDT

Vermont to get $71 m for summer, after-school programs

By Lisa Rathke Apr. 09, 2021 08:47 AM EDT
Vermont plans to expand options for summer programs for kids using federal COVID-19 relief funding following a tough school year amid the pandemic, Gov. Phil...

French President Emmanuel Macron, second right, and plant manager Wladimir Guitel, visit the Delpharm plant in Saint-Remy-sur-Avre, west of Paris, Friday, April 9, 2021 in Paris. The Delpharm plant started bottling Pfizer vaccines this week as France tries to make its mark on global vaccine production, and speed up vaccinations of French people amid a new virus surge. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, Pool)
The Latest: Navajo Nation issues weekend stay-at-home order

By The Associated Press Apr. 09, 2021 04:07 AM EDT

FILE - In this May 21, 2020 file photo, a Puerto Rican flag flies on an empty beach at Ocean Park, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The number of tourists arrested in Puerto Rico on charges of violating COVID-19 measures is increasing as the U.S. territory cracks down on visitors who stay out past curfew and refuse to wear face masks or remain under quarantine, authorities said Tuesday, March 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti, File)
Puerto Rico to shutter schools amid spike in COVID-19 cases

Apr. 08, 2021 09:59 PM EDT

Iowa City quarantines students, staff amid variant concerns

By David Pitt Apr. 07, 2021 05:05 PM EDT
JOHNSTON, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa City school district said Wednesday that 127 students and five staff members tested positive for the coronavirus or are presumed...

People wearing protective face masks walk in front the Gate of the ancient Roman agora, in Plaka, district of Athens, on Tuesday, April 6, 2021. Lockdown measures have been in force since early November but an ongoing surge in COVID-19 infections remains high as the country battles to emerge from deep recession. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Greece to reopen schools using self-test kits for COVID-19

By Elena Becatoros Apr. 07, 2021 08:12 AM EDT

Abraham Lincoln High School is seen in San Francisco, on Jan. 27, 2021. The embattled San Francisco school board is poised to reverse a decision to rename 44 schools in an effort to avoid costly litigation and tone down national criticism. In a Tuesday, April 6, 2021, meeting, the board will vote on a resolution to rescind a controversial January decision to rename schools and revisit the matter after all students have returned full-time to in-person learning. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)
San Francisco school board suspends plan to rename schools

By Jocelyn Gecker Apr. 07, 2021 01:50 AM EDT

Governor Gavin Newsom speaks with news reporters at Park de la Cruz Recreation Center on Friday, April 2, 2021 in San Diego about the San Diego's newest pop-up vaccination site in the City Heights neighborhood. (Nelvin C. Cepeda/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP)
California to move to statewide reopening plan in June

By Janie Har And Kathleen Ronayne Apr. 07, 2021 01:12 AM EDT

Lamont order will allow absentee voting in spring elections

Apr. 06, 2021 06:46 PM EDT
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Gov. Ned Lamont signed an executive order Tuesday that will allow people to use the continuing COVID-19 pandemic as an excuse to vote by...

Texas high-stakes standardized tests canceled due to glitch

Apr. 06, 2021 03:43 PM EDT
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The first day of standardized testing in Texas has been canceled for thousands of students across several public school districts due to...

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer receives her first dose of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine from Dr. Joneigh Khaldun at Ford Field on Tuesday April, 6, 2021 in Detroit. (Nicole Hester/Ann Arbor News via AP)
Whitmer gets COVID-19 vaccine alongside teen daughter

By David Eggert And Mike Householder Apr. 06, 2021 11:51 AM EDT

Indigenous leaders laud New Mexico's school funding measure

By Cedar Attanasio Apr. 05, 2021 06:56 PM EDT
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Tribal leaders on Monday welcomed Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's signature of a bill that will increase funding for schools serving Native...

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly answers questions about the state's plans to accelerate its distribution of COVID-19 vaccines during a news conference following a tour of a mass inoculation clinic, Monday, March 15, 2021, at the Stormont Vail Events Center in Topeka, Kan. The state is trying to meet President Joe Biden's goal of having all adult residents eligible for inoculations by May 1, 2021. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
Kansas governor: 'No interest' in COVID-19 vaccine passports

By John Hanna Apr. 05, 2021 02:52 PM EDT

This photo provided by the Office of the Governor shows New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, right, is greeted by Aspen Elementary School Principal Michele Altherr, during a visit to Aspen Elementary School in Los Alamos on Monday, April 5, 2021. New Mexico's public schools are reopening for full-time, in-person learning this week. The shift to in-person learning is expected to relieve parent's year-long struggles with child care, unmet special needs, and spotty home internet. (Nora Meyers Sackett/Office of the Governor via AP)
All New Mexico schools move to in-person learning this week

By Cedar Attanasio Apr. 05, 2021 02:05 PM EDT

DTE Energy Foundation grants help provide meals to families

Apr. 05, 2021 07:28 AM EDT
DETROIT (AP) — More than $100,000 in grants have been awarded by the DTE Energy Foundation to help provide meals for Michigan families facing food insecurity...

A year later, Tupelo students work to complete tiny house

Apr. 04, 2021 11:54 AM EDT
TUPELO, Miss. (AP) — A group of Tupelo high school students is finishing construction of a tiny house a year after the project was put on hold because of the...