Marcia Oliveira, left, and her son Angelo, 18, talk with a graduation advocate in Charleston, S.C., about how to schedule credit-recovery classes around the new restaurant job Angelo had to pick up during the pandemic to help his family.
Jacquelyn Mancinelli, a high school English teacher, stands near a small plaque with the name of her son inscribed on it in the angel garden at Virtua Hospital in Voorhees Township, N.J. Mancinelli has experienced two pregnancy losses and has since started a support network for teachers who experience infertility and pregnancy loss.
LaTosha Walker, an enrollment coach for Lowcountry Acceleration Academy, knocks on the door of the home of a student who dropped out of school in Charleston, S.C.
Teacher Dawn Mathis works with student Rylee Humphries, 16, during an after school program at Mountain Education Charter High School in Woodstock, Ga. The 18-campus school, which serves returning dropouts and other at-risk students, has expanded since the pandemic due to rising student need.
