Biden goal met to open schools

President Biden has met his goal of having most elementary and middle schools open for full, inperson learning in his first 100 days in office, according to new survey data, but the share of students choosing to return has continued to lag far behind. The survey, conducted in March by the Education Department and released Thursday, found that 54% of public schools below high school were offering fulltime classroom learning to any student who wanted it. It marks steady progress since January, when the figure was 46%.

But most students were still learning at least partly away from school. Almost 4 in 10 students continued to take all their classes remotely, the survey found, and an additional 2 in 10 were split between classroom and remote learning.