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People walk near one of many signs around town centered around the upcoming Nov. 2 election and equity initiatives in schools in Guilford, Conn., on Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill) CTJH201 CTJH201

October 25, 2021 at 4:11 am

Opponents of critical race theory seek to flip school boards VIEW

In school board races around the country, activists are running against critical race theory. It has become a rallying cry for activist candidates in the...

September 22, 2021 at 10:26 am

High school goes remote again, blames student misbehavior

A Connecticut high school that recently resumed full in-person learning for the first time since the pandemic hit has sent students home temporarily for remote...

June 12, 2021 at 5:33 am

Teachers wary of new laws limiting instruction on race VIEW

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — As middle school teacher Brittany Paschall assembled a lesson plan on the history of the Negro Baseball Leagues, she wondered how...

May 1, 2021 at 5:12 am

Momentum grows for closing gaps in US vaccine requirements

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A law adopted this week in Connecticut adds momentum to the push to strengthen vaccination requirements for schoolchildren, but efforts to...

March 20, 2021 at 5:15 am

In poor districts, pandemic overwhelms school counselors VIEW

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — To help her students keep up with school this year, counselor Nadia Pearce has tried it all. She reminds them of...

CORRECTS TO FORMER MAINE SENATOR MARGARET CHASE SMITH ON THE LEFT – A cutout of former U.S. Sen. Margaret Chase Smith occupies a seat next to seventh grader Hailey Rousseau to promote social distancing at the Bruce M. Whittier Middle School, Friday, Jan. 29, 2021, in Poland, Maine. With instruction time reduced as much as half by the coronavirus pandemic, many of the nation’s middle school and high school teachers have given up on covering all the material normally included in their classes and instead are cutting lessons. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) NYAG902 NYAG902

February 1, 2021 at 8:11 am

As virus cuts class time, teachers have to leave out lessons VIEW

Because of the pandemic, school-day schedules are compressed to deal with social distancing and remote learning. There's not enough time to cover everything, so teachers...

January 8, 2021 at 9:39 am

Teachers help students make sense of violence at US Capitol

A teacher in Alabama presented photographs of the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol without commentary and asked students to write poems in reflection. A Minnesota...

June 22, 2020 at 10:13 pm

Budgets put limits on social distancing options for schools

As schools consider how and when to reopen their buildings during the pandemic, many are finding themselves overwhelmed by the potential expenses that would come...

June 18, 2020 at 4:13 pm

How black history is taught in schools faces new scrutiny VIEW

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — For decades, when it was discussed at all, the killing of hundreds of people in a prosperous black business district nearly...

In this Friday, June 5, 2020 photo, Fourth-grader Sammiayah Thompson, left, and her brother third-grader Nehemiah Thompson work outside in their yard on laptops provided by their school system for distant learning in Hartford, Conn. With huge percentages of students unplugged from distance learning, educators at schools around the country have been working to understand why. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill) CTJH202 CTJH202

June 14, 2020 at 10:03 pm

To help distance-learning absentees, educators go visiting VIEW

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — After a knock on his door, third-grade student Jamie-Lee emerged to see his school principal smiling at him from his doorstep....