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/ Julie Pierce gestures to her second grade students during a Zoom call. Pierce has spent the entire school year teaching remotely, but Hickman Mills has tentative plans to bring students back in March. Ed. Note: This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. Last week, as she has every week this school year, Kansas City-area teacher Julie Pierce greeted her second graders on Zoom before taking them on a virtual trip to the Arctic for a fast-paced reading lesson. “Adaptation...

St. Louis Public Radio An empty classroom at a high school in Bruhl, Germany. Schools across the country are closed again despite early success in getting children back into classrooms during the pandemic. This story was produced with support from the Pulitzer Center Last week, as she has every week this school year, Kansas City-area teacher Julie Pierce greeted her second graders on Zoom before taking them on a virtual trip to the Arctic for a fast-paced reading lesson. “Adaptations are thin...