Meghan Gallagher

With classrooms shuttered, the district’s 420,000 students were spotted across the city as local institutions opened up their doors

How one leader facing unprecedented student depression is coping by adding more counselors, slowing down and staying hopeful

Veteran teachers mentor the profession’s newest educators with reminders, pointers — and which advice to ignore

War in their homeland and multiple pandemic school years affected the St. George Academy’s 13 grads, creeping into a day meant for celebration

They were co-teachers at Robb Elementary school for the last five years, overseeing a fourth grade classroom filled with “fun, growth, giggles.” Eva Mireles was remembered by a former student’s mother for going “above and beyond” for her daughter. Irma Garcia was the school’s teacher of the year ju…

The teens were told to quickly pack their bags for their escape to America, uprooted from everything they knew in their beloved homeland of Ukraine. Soon they were traveling alone, leaving behind family, friends, homes and schools, fleeing Russia’s deadly invasion of cities like Kyiv, Ivano-Frankivsk and Lviv. One sat for hours at the border […]

Two years ago, teachers and millions of students across the country left their classrooms Friday afternoon unaware their schools would not reopen until the following school year. By the following Monday (March 16, 2020), the pandemic had turned education upside down. Garages became classrooms. The …

When the social media accounts of school districts across the country went dark during the pandemic, the tiny district of Tupelo, Mississippi, doubled down on its commitment to share what was going on in their classrooms. Over the past 700 days, as the pandemic swept the globe disrupting education f…

For many parents across the country, back to school 2022 is looking and feeling a lot like spring 2020 all over again. From kitchen counters and living room couches, their kids are home signing onto laptops and other devices for virtual classes as Omicron disrupted plans to open many schools nationw…

Schools across the country have revived holiday traditions after a challenging year, but the pandemic has left its mark on the celebrations. Food drives were back in a big way, with schools reporting record donations. With the pandemic pushing up food prices, classes took up lessons in budget friend…