Education

When the pandemic forced schools to close, Michael Cochran left his job to take on more childcare responsibilities at home.

Across the country, families are struggling to secure the child care they need.

According to high school art teacher Megan Anzalone, the number of students quarantining this year makes her job more challenging.

"The burnout factor is real," Catherine Fink of Longmont, Colorado, says of teaching. She's starting her first year of law school.

The size of the teaching workforce didn't change significantly in Arizona, but pandemic-related stress has been a big factor for those who decided to quit.

The Biden administration has said it would use the power of the purse to try to compel governors who won't champion mask or vaccine mandates to change course.

Child care centers, which already struggled to recruit staffers, face additional pressures brought on by the COVID-19 crisis.

Top Chinese education stocks dipped by 70% within hours last month. But what does it feel like on the ground in China?

With school starting up again soon in many places, school districts across the country are still scrambling to fill positions, an effort complicated by the delta variant.

“I couldn’t do it anymore,” said Abby Norman, a former schoolteacher in Atlanta.