Authors remain fervent in our fight to ensure that the young adults who need our literature the most aren't denied from being able to access it

"We are a district on the rise now," says Putnam County Schools Superintendent Rick Surrency, after taking graduation rates from 54.9% to 92.5%. "We just passed a bond referendum of $300 million to essentially rebuild every school in our district."

A warning of a student possessing a gun has shut down Richmond Community Schools, the Michigan district that was closed all last week as the result of a threat targeting an administrator's family.

Community organizations, social media influencers and national nonprofits are trying to help fill the void with donations to cover the more than $19 million in debt students have accrued just halfway into the school year. Some states are picking up where the federal free meals for all left off.