Education

FILE - Students sit on the lawn near Royce Hall at the University of California, Los Angeles, in the Westwood section of Los Angeles on April 25, 2019. On Thursday, March 21, 2024, the California Legislature voted to extend the deadline for some state student financial aid programs in response to delays with the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

FAFSA delays prompt California lawmakers to extend deadline for student financial aid applications

The California Legislature has voted to give prospective college students more time to apply for financial aid.

FILE - John Moseley prepares to be sworn in as the 21st president of Lincoln University, Sept. 9, 2022, in Jefferson City, Mo. Moseley, the president of a historically Black Missouri university, has been reinstated after an independent investigation cleared him of claims that he bullied Antoinette Bonnie Candia-Bailey, another top administrator, before she killed herself this year, university leaders announced Thursday, March 21, 2024. (Julie Smith/The Jefferson City News-Tribune via AP, File)

Investigation finds no bullying before suicide of top historically Black Missouri college leader

This 2022 photo shows Kate Nelson in Bakersfield, Calif,, after attending a Farmlink Project food delivery in Bakersfield to support the farmer community. Farmlink Project is one of numerous nonprofits established by Gen Z founders during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Owen Dubeck/Farmlink Project via AP)

Stuck at home during COVID-19, Gen Z started charities

President Joe Biden arrives on Air Force One Wednesday March 20, 2024, at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

78,000 more public workers are getting student loans canceled through Biden administration changes

Kansas state Rep. Steve Howe, left, R-Salina, answers questions from Rep. Ford Carr, right, D-Wichita, during a House debate on a bill designed to restrict diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives on university campuses, Wednesday, March 20, 2024, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Howe backs the bill, which would bar universities from requiring prospective students, job applicants or employees to make statement for or against any "ideology or movement," including DEI. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

They don’t define DEI, but Kansas lawmakers are attacking it like GOP colleagues elsewhere

These kids never returned to school after the pandemic – because of paperwork and a broken phone

Thousands of kids went missing from schools during the pandemic. For some who have tried to return, school paperwork has proved a daunting obstacle.

Lawrence County Superintendent Robbie Fletcher selected as Kentucky’s next education commissioner

Lawrence County schools Superintendent Robbie Fletcher has been selected as Kentucky’s next education commissioner.

South Carolina House Education and Public Works Committee Chairwoman Shannon Erickson, R-Beaufort, left, and committee researcher Pierce McNair, right, talk during a debate in the House on Wednesday, March, 20, 2024, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)

South Carolina House votes to expand voucher program. It’s fate in Senate is less clear

Republicans in the South Carolina House have given key approval to a bill expanding a program allowing parents to spend taxpayer money on private and home-school education.

FILE - Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey delivers the State of the State address at the state Capitol, Feb. 6, 2024, in Montgomery, Ala. Ivey on Wednesday, March 20, signed legislation that would ban diversity, equity and inclusion programs at public schools, universities and state agencies and prohibit the teaching of “divisive concepts” including that someone should feel guilty because of their race or gender. (The Montgomery Advertiser via AP, File)

Alabama governor signs bill barring diversity, equity and inclusion programs

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has signed legislation that would ban diversity, equity and inclusion programs at public schools, universities and state agencies.

U.S. Attorney Jane Young, righT, announces the arrests of a Keene couple accused of taking sexually explicit photos of a young girl. Young spoke at a news conference in Concord, N.H., on Wednesday, March 20, 2024, along with William Crogan of the Department of Homeland Security. (AP Photo/Holly Ramer)

A New Hampshire school bus driver and his wife charged with producing child sex abuse images

A New Hampshire school bus driver and his wife have been charged with taking sexually explicit photos of a young girl.

State Sen. Greg Dolezal, R-Cumming, applauds following the passage of senate bill 233, which would give families $6,500 vouchers funding for private school tuition and home schooling, Wednesday, March 20, 2024, in the Senate at the Capitol in Atlanta. The bill now moves to Gov. Brian Kemp forGeorgia senators gave final approval Wednesday to the bill, sending the measure to Gov. Brian Kemp for his signature. (Matthew Pearson/WABE via AP)

$6,500 school vouchers coming to Georgia as bill gets final passage and heads to governor

Georgia senators are giving final approval to $6,500 vouchers funding for private school tuition and home schooling, sending the measure to Gov.

FILE - A person holds up a sign reading, "Trans People Belong in Alabama," during a rally outside the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery, Ala., on International Transgender Day of Visibility, March 31, 2023. Teacher-led discussions on sexual orientation and gender identity would be banned in public schools and displaying Pride flags in classrooms would be prohibited under legislation lawmakers advanced in Alabama on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Kim Chandler, File)

‘Don’t Say Gay’ law would be expanded to all public school grades in Alabama under proposal

Alabama lawmakers have advanced legislation that would prohibit teacher-led discussions on sexual orientation and gender identity in public schools and also ban Pride flags from being displayed in classrooms.

A Nebraska bill to subject librarians to charges for giving ‘obscene material’ to children fails

A bill that would have held school librarians and teachers criminally responsible for providing “obscene material” to Nebraska students in grades K-12 failed to advance Wednesday in the Legislature.

Bill to offset student debt through tax credit passes Pennsylvania House

Employers in Pennsylvania could get a tax credit if they make contributions to their employees’ tuition savings account, under a Pennsylvania House of Representatives bill.

FILE - Neb. State Sen. Steve Halloran of Hastings speaks during debate, Monday, Jan. 8, 2018, in the Legislative Chamber in Lincoln, Neb. Halloran is facing calls to resign after reading a graphic account of rape from a best-selling memoir on the floor of the Legislature on Monday, March 18, 2024, in which he repeatedly invoked the name of a fellow lawmaker, making it appear as if that lawmaker was the subject of the assault.(AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

A Nebraska senator who name-checked a colleague while reading about rape is under investigation

A Nebraska lawmaker is now the subject of a sexual harassment investigation. The announcement from the body’s Executive Board comes two days after Republican state Sen.

FILE - Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates addresses the Boy Scouts of America's annual meeting on Friday, May 23, 2014, in Nashville, Tenn. Gates will have an academic building named after him at William & Mary, the university in Virginia where he holds the honorary position of chancellor, the school announced Wednesday, March 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski, File)

William & Mary will name building after former defense secretary Robert Gates

Former U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates will have an academic building named after him at William & Mary.

FILE - A girl reads a book in her classroom on the first day of the new school year, in Kabul, Saturday, March 25, 2023. Afghanistan’s schools open Wednesday for the new educational year, while thousands of schoolgirls remain barred from attending classes for the third year as Taliban banned girls from school beyond sixth grade. The Taliban stopped girls’ education beyond sixth grade because they said it didn’t comply with their interpretation of Islamic law, or Sharia. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)

Afghanistan’s school year starts without more than 1 million girls barred from education by Taliban

The school year in Afghanistan has started but without girls whom the Taliban barred from attending classes beyond the sixth grade, making it the only country with restrictions on female education.

FILE - Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti speaks to the media in Greeneville, Tenn., Feb. 13, 2024. A Biden administration plan to promote diversity and equity in workplace apprenticeship programs is facing pushback from Republican attorneys general in two-dozen states who assert it amounts to race-based discrimination. Skrmetti released a statement on behalf of 24 states that submitted comments in opposition to the proposal by a Monday, March 18, 2024, deadline. (Brianna Paciorka/Knoxville News Sentinel via AP, File)

GOP state attorneys push back on Biden’s proposed diversity rules for apprenticeship programs

Republican attorneys general in two dozen states are pushing back against a proposed Biden administration rule that seeks to expand diversity in apprenticeship programs.

Alabama lawmakers approve absentee ballot, anti-diversity, equity and inclusion bills

Alabama lawmakers have approved a bill that would outlaw paid assistance for help with absentee ballot applications.

FILE - A for sale is displayed outside a home, Feb. 1, 2024, in Aceworth, Ga. Georgia lawmakers said on Tuesday, March, 19, that the state House and Senate may be close to a deal to limit increases in the taxable values of homes, dampening property tax increases. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)

Georgia lawmakers may be close to deal to limit rise in property tax bills

A deal between the Georgia House and Senate on limiting how much assessed home values can rise for tax purposes may be solidifying, But questions remain about the election-year push for property tax relief.

German state of Bavaria bans gender-sensitive language in schools and other public bodies

The German state of Bavaria has banned the use of gender-sensitive language in classrooms and university lecture halls, the latest salvo in an often-rancorous debate about whether the German language should become more inclusive.

Alaska lawmakers fail to override the governor’s education package veto

Alaska lawmakers have failed to override Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto of an education package, nearly a month after it overwhelmingly passed the Legislature.

FILE - Photographs of four students — Hana St. Juliana, 14; Madisyn Baldwin, 17; Tate Myre, 16; and Justin Shilling, 17 — sit among bouquets of flowers, teddy bears and other personal items left at the memorial site, Dec. 7, 2021, outside Oxford High School in Oxford, Mich. The parents of the four students killed at the Michigan school called on Monday, March 18, 2024, for a state investigation of all aspects of the 2021 mass shooting, saying the convictions of a teenager and his parents are not enough to close the book. (Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP, File)

Parents of Michigan school shooting victims say more investigation is needed

The parents of four students killed at a Michigan school are calling for a state investigation of all aspects of the 2021 mass shooting.

FILE - People stand by their houses in Juba, South Sudan, on Feb. 5, 2023. South Sudan’s government is closing down all schools starting Monday as the country prepares for a wave of extreme heat expected to last two weeks. The health and education ministries advised parents to keep all children indoors as temperatures are expected to soar to 113 Fahrenheit, in a statement late Saturday. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)

South Sudan shutters all schools as it prepares for an extreme heat wave

South Sudan is shutting all its schools and warning of an extreme heat wave that’s expected to last two weeks.

FILE - Students line up to enter a school for the first day of China's national college entrance examinations, known as the gaokao, in Beijing, Tuesday, June 7, 2022. After the pandemic, young Chinese are again looking to study abroad. But the decades-long run that has sent an estimated 3 million Chinese students to the U.S. could be trending down. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File )

After the pandemic, young Chinese again want to study abroad, just not so much in the US

After the pandemic, young Chinese are again looking to study abroad. But the decades-long run that has sent an estimated 3 million Chinese students to the U.S. could be trending down.

Adam Alcodray stands outside Dearborn High School on Wednesday, March 13, 2024 in Dearborn Mich. Alcodray, 14, is a 9th grader at the school which makes certain allowances for students observing Ramadan. Alcodray says Ramadan carries more significance this year given the plight of people in Gaza. “When you look at what the children are eating in Gaza, you appreciate what your mom makes,” he said. “When you’re having a bad day, realize what they are going through.”

Fasting at school? More Muslim students in the US are getting support during Ramadan

While Muslim students remain a rarity in many U.S. school districts, they are a major presence in some communities.

FILE - The University of Maryland campus in College Park, Md., is seen, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014. The University of Maryland has lifted its suspension of most fraternities and sororities after concluding an investigation into hazing and alcohol-related activities, the university said Friday, March 15, 2024, though five chapters will remain under investigation and continue to be subject to limited restrictions on activities. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

University of Maryland lifts suspension on most fraternities and sororities amid hazing probe

The University of Maryland has lifted its suspension of most fraternities and sororities after an investigation into hazing and alcohol-related activities.

FILE - Members of the Kentucky House of Representatives listen during a floor discussion of a House bill in Frankfort, Ky., Feb. 1, 2024. The Kentucky House voted Friday, March 15, to choke off funding for diversity, equity and inclusion offices at public universities following an impassioned debate that had a GOP lawmaker dismissing DEI efforts as a failure and Democrats defending them as pillars of support for students from underrepresented groups. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)

GOP Kentucky House votes to defund diversity, equity and inclusion offices at public universities

The Kentucky House has voted to defund diversity, equity and inclusion offices at public universities. The Friday vote came after an impassioned debate.

FILE - The Kentucky Capitol is seen, Jan. 14, 2020, in Frankfort, Ky. Kentucky Republican lawmakers on Friday, March 15, 2024 put the political fight over whether taxpayer money should be able to flow to private or charter schools in the hands of voters to decide. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)

Republican lawmakers in Kentucky approve putting a school choice measure on the November ballot

Kentucky voters will decide whether they want to allow taxpayer money to go to private or charter schools.

FILE - Alaska Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks to reporters during a news conference on topics including education on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024, in Juneau, Alaska. Dunleavy has vetoed an education funding package overwhelming passed by lawmakers and urged action on teacher bonus and charter school provisions that have been divisive among legislators. The Republican governor announced his decision hours ahead of a deadline he faced to sign the bill, veto it or let it become law without his signature. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer, File)

Alaska governor vetoes education package lawmakers overwhelmingly passed

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy says he’s moving on to other issues after vetoing an education package that was overwhelmingly passed by lawmakers.

Arizona State University NCAA college baseball player Brandon Compton shows his Tommy John surgery scar before their game against Oregon in Phoenix, Saturday, March 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Darryl Webb)

Hard-throwing teens draw scouts, scholarships. More and more, they may also need Tommy John surgery

Teenage pitchers are throwing a baseball harder than ever as they try to attract attention from Major League Baseball scouts and college programs.

Missouri Senate passes sweeping education funding bill

Missouri students across the state could get scholarships for private school if state lawmakers are successful in expanding the current tax credit program.

FILE - A woman walks by a Yale sign reflected in the rainwater on the Yale University campus, Aug. 22, 2021, in New Haven, Conn. Connecticut lawmakers are considering banning the use of legacy and donor preferences in admissions to all colleges and universities across the state, including private ones like Yale University. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

Connecticut considering barring legacy admissions at private colleges, in addition to public ones

Connecticut lawmakers are considering banning the use of legacy and donor preferences in admissions to all colleges and universities across the state, including private ones like Yale University.

Alejandra De La Cruz, at the podium, who is a lead toddler teacher at Ellis Early Learning, speaks during a rally outside the Statehouse, Thursday, March 14, 2024, in Boston. The Massachusetts Senate on Thursday unanimously approved a bill that supporters say would help make early education and child care more accessible and affordable at a time when the cost of care has posed a financial hurdle for families statewide. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Massachusetts Senate passes bill to make child care more affordable

The Massachusetts Senate on Thursday unanimously approved a bill that supporters say would help make early education and child care more accessible and affordable at a time when the cost of care has posed a financial hurdle for families statewide.

Rep. Mesha Mainor, R-Atlanta, speaks in favor of Senate Bill 233 at the Georgia State Capitol on Thursday, March 14, 2024. The bill would give $6,000 a year in state funds to the parents of each child who opts for private schooling. (Natrice Miller/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Georgia school voucher bill narrowly clears longtime obstacle with state House passage

Georgia Republicans have powered a voucher plan funding private school tuition and home schooling through the state House.

FILE - Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear speaks to a joint session of the state Legislature to deliver his State of the Commonwealth address in the House chambers of the state Capitol, Jan. 3, 2024, in Frankfort, Ky. Beshear vowed Thursday, March 14, to relentlessly oppose a proposed school choice constitutional amendment moving closer to reaching the general election ballot in Kentucky. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)

Kentucky governor ready to campaign against school choice measure if it reaches fall ballot

Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear has vowed to relentlessly oppose a proposed school choice constitutional amendment moving closer to reaching Kentucky’s general election ballot.