Stress, mental health issues and anxiety among students and teachers will intensify the challenges of returning to in-person learning.

States continue to enforce laws that require families to send their children to school or face steep punishments for unexcused absences, including fines, community service and, in some states, arrests.

The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe's learning center serves around 45 students, who attend on different days depending on grade level. The space, which used to house the tribe's now relocated child care center, was already equipped for kids.

There is no concept of failure during summer instruction at Kalamazoo Public Schools; in fact, educators there don't even call it 'summer school.'