In Hobbs, New Mexico, the high school closed and football was cancelled, while just across the state line in Texas, students seemed to be living nearly normal lives. Here’s how pandemic school closures exact their emotional toll on young people.

Some teachers and students got sick. Principals had to improvise constantly. But it worked—mostly.

An interview with Gabriela López, the head of the San Francisco Board of Education.

A statewide network of schools for disabled students has trapped black children in neglect and isolation.

On Alaska’s North Slope, village schools aim to blend book learning with the Arctic reality.

A young girl uses unusual coping mechanisms after her father's death.