Over the past decade, there has been a growing recognition and concerted push to support the education of children affected by disasters and conflict. Still, the number of refugee children who are out of school remains too high. Whether it is the children of Ukraine, Afghanistan, Syria, or Venezuela, all children deserve the global community’s best effort at securing their education wherever they end up, argues Maysa Jalbout.

The American Rescue Plan allocates $350 billion for state and local governments to address ongoing challenges, including housing. Rushaine Goulbourne, Cassidy Pearson, and Jenny Schuetz explain how to maximize these funds to help struggling families and individuals across the country.

“To an extent rarely seen these days, the American people are united across lines of partisanship, ideology, race, and ethnicity—indeed, across every demographic marker—on the nature of the threat, who is responsible for the war, and how to respond to it,” writes William Galston.