Schools

Leon Smith, named the 2026 National Teacher of the Year, stands in front of his classroom at Haverford High School, in Havertown, Pa. on Monday, April 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Tassanee Vejpongsa)

Former President Barack Obama and Mayor Zohran Mamdani laugh together during a visit with children at Learning Through Play Pre-K in New York, Saturday, April 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)

Sandra Mosqueda and her 2-year-old son make a visit to Pre-K 4 SA, Oct. 9, 2025, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Elias Washington, right, plays on his phone along with his mother Sechita McNair, left, and adopted brother, Derrick McNair-White, center, as they ride the bus to Atlanta on June 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

FILE - Kids from Ossie Wera Mitchell Middle School exit the bus in Birmingham, Ala. on Jan 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Butch Dill, File)

School students listen to their teachers during a lesson, in the basement of a municipal building during the first day in school in Bobryk, Sumy region, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 1, 2025. The Bobryk school was forced to move to the basement due to endless alarms. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

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Cannabis products are displayed at Yerba Buena in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

FILE - A student uses a tablet during a middle school class in Johns Creek, Ga., May 9, 2013. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

This image provided by Idaho Education News shows Brittany Ohman, an advisor for the Hope Squad, talking with Cutter Wasylow and another student during a Hope Squad class at Rigby High School in Rigby, Idaho on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. (John Roark/Idaho Education News via AP)

President Donald Trump waves from his vehicle as he arrives at the Trump International Golf Club, Monday, Feb. 17, 2025, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Attendance Clerk Katrice Grant speaks to siblings Melanie Pacheco, 8, left, and Marilynn Pacheco, 5, in the hallway before heading to their classrooms, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, at Algodones Elementary School in Algodones, N.M. (AP Photo/Roberto E. Rosales)