With many teachers exhausted by the demands of the pandemic, it’s harder for school districts to recruit them for summer work.
Teens haven’t returned to the workforce after being pushed out by the recession a decade ago.
10-year-old Ayanna Lee on debt: "That’s like basically having no social life.”
School budget cuts are wiping out traditional summer school programs, so more students are turning to the web.
Students often lose academic ground in summer, and state budget cuts are making things worse.
No more summer of forgetting: To keep kids from losing what they've learned during the year, cities and school districts are rethinking summer school.