EDUCATION

The holiday is part of a $196.3 million tax package that state lawmakers approved in April.

With just over two weeks until most Florida students head back to school, concerns over what COVID-19 safety measures will be in place are once again on parents’ minds.

Some U.S. parents say they're planning to continue to homeschool their children, even as schools resume in-person classes.

Some parents, health professionals and religious leaders gathered Sunday for a drive-in rally and news conference calling for masks to be required in Duval County Public Schools.

Armed kidnappers in Nigeria have released 28 of the more than 120 students who were abducted at the beginning of July from the Bethel Baptist High School in the northern town of Damishi.

Georgia has received approval for its plans to use $1.4 billion in federal coronavirus relief money, most directly allocated to Georgia’s 180-plus school districts.

After sending a letter to students on Monday saying that any student studying in-person must provide proof that they’ve been vaccinated against COVID-19, Edward Waters University reversed its position on Friday.

As cases of COVID-19 continue to rise, Duval County Public Schools on Wednesday said it strongly recommends that unvaccinated students wear masks when the 2021-22 school year begins in August.

India’s government has dismissed a recent study which estimated that the country’s excess deaths during the pandemic could be 10 times the official COVID-19 toll, calling it “misleading” and “fallacious.”.

Earlier this month, the St. Johns County School District sent parents a survey seeking input on a dress code that has been a source of controversy for months and is now the subject of a federal investigation.

In a brief Tuesday morning meeting, the board of the Clay County School District unanimously approves its plan for reopening schools for the 2021-2022 academic year, which does not include a mask requirement.

As the United States again experiences a resurgence of COVID-19, many Duval County families are looking ahead to reopening classrooms in August and wondering how the pandemic will affect another school year.

The American Academy of Pediatrics issued new COVID-19 guidance for schools Monday that supports students returning to in-person learning and suggests universal masking in schools of everyone over the age of 2.

Flush with cash from an unexpected budget surplus, California is launching the nation’s largest statewide universal free lunch program.

For much of his life, Timothy Rohrer, a now-young adult who was diagnosed with autism as a second-grader, has dealt with exclusion from his peers.