President Joe Biden predicted that most elementary schools will be open five days a week by the end of his first 100 days in office, but said it will be tougher for high schools to reopen at the same rate because of the risk of infection.
Although dates have been set in New York City and Chicago to send children back to schools, there are no such agreements in Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco, dragging out the process nearly a year after students began learning remotely.
A generation of students with less access to exercise, play, and socialization are facing a growing crisis in physical and mental health. PE may be the answer.
While it is absolutely the case that this moment is unlike any we've experienced before, it is also true that the current literacy crisis we're facing was entirely predictable.
As schools across the United States debate whether children will be able to attend classes in person amid an ongoing pandemic, only about half of the states are allowing teachers to get a shot of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Advocates press for states to better track performance of military-connected students and allow those with special needs to transfer individualized education plans.
President Joe Biden says he wants most schools serving kindergarten through eighth grade to reopen by late April, but even if that happens, it is likely to leave out millions of students, many of them minorities in urban areas.