Kansas City Public Schools may close and consolidate as many as seven to 12 schools with low enrollment, so that the district can spend more money on updating classrooms, expanding programs and ensuring all students have access to the same opportunities.

K-12 leaders face a financial double whammy that could begin to impact districts' credit ratings as the expiration of ESSER approaches.

Experts say there are hidden barriers: hotspots that don't work as advertised and broadband grants that don't account for affordability. Then there are not-so-hidden ones such as thick forests or remote mountains that don't provide an easy high-speed solution.

Cecelia Lewis was asked to apply for a Georgia school district's first-ever administrator job devoted to diversity, equity and inclusion. A group of parents – coached by local and national anti-CRT groups – had other plans.