Many people have experienced languishing or a “sense of stagnation and emptiness” during the pandemic, comparing this feeling to “looking at life through a foggy windshield.”

“The risk of severe outcomes to kids from coronavirus infection is low, and the risks to kids from being out of school are high," says Joseph Allen, director of the Healthy Buildings program at Harvard's T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

The complaint filed by a conservative parents group accused the book of being "Anti-American."

Newly launched coalition Learn From History aims to reduce stress on teachers and educate the public about what schools are actually teaching about racism's role in U.S. history.