What Are Biggest Back-to-School Challenges?

Homelessness Ranks #1 for Many

Homelessness has biggest impact on kids of color. Ontario, OR school. Photo Diane Nilan

Well-intentioned school personnel and community volunteers have gone out of their way to ease back-to-school time, especially for kids struggling with big challenges — poverty and homelessness. Covid requires extensive measures to reach and teach kids outside the mainstream. More federal resources than ever have poured into connecting…