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Ukrainian children in Poland are now required by law to attend school after years of online learning

Sep. 02, 2024 11:55 AM EDT

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Sava Trypolsky couldn't wait for school to start. Days before the Ukrainian boy entered first grade on Monday, his backpack was packed. Sitting on his bed in his home near Warsaw last week, he pulled out coloring pens, glue sticks and all manner of supplies emblazoned with...

Education leaders in Montana are preparing students for the world of finance

Aug. 09, 2024 16:57 PM EDT

For more than a decade, high school students in the eastern Hi-Line town of Saco have had to immerse themselves in lessons on debt management, budgeting and financial investing on their path to a diploma. What began as an elective course quickly morphed into a two-semester requirement for...

Alaska Supreme Court overturns lower court and allows correspondence school law to stand

Jun. 29, 2024 16:49 PM EDT

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Supreme Court has overturned a lower court ruling that said two statutes violated the state constitution by sending public funds to private schools. The case centers on provisions of a state law passed a decade ago that allowed families with kids...

Alaska court weighing arguments in case challenging the use of public money for private schools

Jun. 27, 2024 17:34 PM EDT

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Supreme Court is weighing a case that challenges as unconstitutional laws that have allowed families with children in home-study programs to use public money for education-related expenses at private schools. The court heard arguments Thursday in...