'Survive school or life?' The US teens who work to keep their families afloat
Teenagers from families who have been hit hardest by the recession entered the workforce to support their families. With schools reopening, teachers worry they won’t come back
- Read part one of this series: The ‘disconnected’: millions of US students still can’t get online one year into pandemic
- This series was reported by The74Million.org, a nonprofit education news site, in partnership with the Guardian
On Fridays, Mariela Garcia listens with earbuds as classes from Eastwood Academy in Houston stream in through Microsoft Teams.