The solution sounds simple: Teachers can spend more time on instruction when they get help connecting students with physicians, mental health care providers, food banks and other social services.
The findings show more than a third of students (about 18.5 million) attended schools where 75 percent or more of the student body was a single race last year.
Teachers in Miami-Dade County Public Schools — the largest school district in Florida — are about to start their first school year under the new "Don't Say Gay" law.
Teachers, parents and students have turned to the U.S. Department of Education for solutions on how they will ensure quality education as students return this fall.
