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Teacher Marie Kaas-Larsen questions her pupils in a classroom rearrangered for social distancing at the Norrebro Park primary school in Copenhagen, Denmark on April 29, 2020. - Denmark was the first country in Europe to reopen its schools for the youngest pupils on April 15. In addition to practicing social distancing and regular handwashing, classes must be held outdoors as much as possible to limit the spread of the virus. (Photo by Thibault Savary / AFP) / The erroneous mention[s] appearing in the metadata of this photo by Thibault Savary has been modified in AFP systems in the following manner: [April 29, 2020] instead of [April 30, 2020]. Please immediately remove the erroneous mention[s] from all your online services and delete it (them) from your servers. If you have been authorized by AFP to distribute it (them) to third parties, please ensure that the same actions are carried out by them. Failure to promptly comply with these instructions will entail liability on your part for any continued or post notification usage. Therefore we thank you very much for all your attention and prompt action. We are sorry for the inconvenience this notification may cause and remain at your disposal for any further information you may require. (Photo by THIBAULT SAVARY/AFP via Getty Images)

Calls to reopen classrooms grow as teachers get vaccinated

State leaders around the U.S. are increasingly pushing for schools to reopen this winter — pressuring them, even — as teachers begin to gain access to the vaccine against the raging pandemic. Ohio’s governor offered to give vaccinations to teachers at the start of February, provided their school districts agree […]

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KRT LIFESTYLE STORY SLUGGED: FAM-SCHOOLCHOICE KRT PHOTOGRAPH BY TIM DOMINICK/THE STATE (August 10) Pinkie Adams, 15, left, works on her math while her sister, Julie Ann, 13, works with the computer and her spanish lesson at their Columbia, South Carolina, home, on Friday morning, July 23, 2004. Their parents, Bobby and Susann Adams homeschool their three daughters in an attempt  to have more family time. Gov. Mark Sanford has proposed legislation that would give parents a tax incentive for removing their kids from public schools in favor of homeschooling them or sending them to private or parochial schools. (nk) 2004 (Diversity)

‘Moving target’: Schools deal with new plans, Trump demands

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — With little more than a month before millions of U.S. schoolchildren go back to class, much is still up in the air – and not just because of the surging number of coronavirus cases nationwide. Last week, President Donald Trump and his administration demanded schools fully reopen right […]

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