Weeks before the first day of school, teachers across Mississippi say state leaders have made it harder for them to access money for school supplies. Educators have to complete the training before they can spend the money the state gives them on school supplies, but teachers say it’s been difficult to access live training: Online
During his senior year of high school on the Puyallup Reservation, Gerald Dillon traded much of his academic coursework for vocational training. When I walked into the second-grade classroom where I worked as a teaching assistant, students would rush out of their seats to punch each other or hug each other. The 18-year-old, who once