
School closures can harm kids' mental and academic health. Experts say how families can help
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Keeping children safe during the pandemic sometimes means keeping them out of school, but they lose a lot of what is important to their academic and emotional wellbeing when that happens. Experts share how children are impacted and how families can help.
"It has been such a tumultuous few years with so much uncertainty, so much disruption, so much dashed optimism at various points," said Fagell, who works in Washington, DC. "The students are feeling the same way."
As of Friday, nearly 3,500 schools across the United States were not offering in-person learning, according to the latest count from data company Burbio. It's a number that is changing frequently.

Janet Mills and her allies are counting on a gender gap to narrow Platner’s wide lead ahead of the June 9 primary to decide who will face incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins. They are betting that the unfiltered style that has brought Platner widespread attention as someone who could help Democrats reach young men will backfire with women.

As a shrinking number of Transportation Security Administration agents work to keep hourslong security lines moving despite not being paid, President Donald Trump stepped into the fray Saturday, announcing he will send Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to airports by Monday if Congress doesn’t agree to a plan to end the partial government shutdown.











