Our teachers occupied a front-row seat witnessing the impact of the past year on their students - they are our experts in what students need right now.

“When students drop out, they typically look for an out, an opportunity to leave. And this has provided that, unfortunately,” Sandy Addis, chairman of the National Dropout Prevention Center, said recently, referring to the pandemic.

Federal Communications Commission and U.S. Education Department fund Emergency Connectivity program and Emergency Broadband Benefit programs under American Rescue Plan.

Officials determining where 12- to 15-year-olds will get shots and whether schools will require COVID vaccines after F.D.A. approves Pfizer-BioNTech for younger teens.