Collin Binkley
FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2021, file photo, pre-kindergarten students listen as their teacher reads a story at Dawes Elementary in Chicago. New evidence that it may be safe for schools to seat students 3 feet apart â half of the previous recommended distance â could offer a way to return more of the nationâs children to classrooms with limited space. (Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Chicago Sun-Times via AP, File) March 16, 2021 - 2:56 PM
BOSTON - New evidence that it may be safe for schools to seat students 3 feet apart â half of the previous recommended distance â could offer a way to return more of the nation s children to classrooms with limited space.
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FILE - In this Thursday, March 4, 2021, file photo, Latisha Bledsoe cleans chairs in the music room at Manchester Academic Charter School during the coronavirus pandemic in Pittsburgh. The school is planning to return students to the classroom in a hybrid schedule at the end of March. (Andrew Rush/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP, File) Photo: Associated Press
By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer
BOSTON (AP) U.S. guidelines that say students should be kept 6 feet apart in schools are receiving new scrutiny from federal health experts, state governments and education officials working to return as many children as possible to the classroom.