Pandemic relief funds have been a game changer for districts desperate for the resources necessary to continue high-quality instruction amid teacher shortages and other issues. But leaders' spending habits will change once these funds run dry, a new survey suggests.

At least 25 Fort Worth schools reported air conditioning outages on Monday, impacting nearly 100 classrooms on the first day of school.

How districts in five states are using relief funds to expand tutoring, family outreach and develop more multilingual teachers.

On average, states have spent only 54.5% of their ESSER dollars, according to a new analysis from Georgetown University's FutureEd which breaks down Covid relief spending in each state.