As states and local districts seek stimulus funding, address learning losses while being mindful of three related areas of concern: social and emotional well-being, growing inequities among vulnerable groups, and teachers' mental health.

One small, silver lining of the pandemic may be a collective understanding and acknowledgment that some students and families are suffering more than others.

The district's decision helps set the stage for the next discussion: whether to require masks in the school year that starts in August.

In his first joint address to Congress, President Biden outlined proposals that would boost education funding by hundreds of billions of dollars.