April is celebrated as the Month of the Military Child. While those of us who serve as military families appreciate the sentiment behind this declaration, we would prefer more action at the national and local level regarding the quality of our children’s education, as significant challenges continue to accumulate, to the wearing of purple and handing out balloons in “recognition” of our children that marked last month. Shutdowns due to COVID-19 this past school year will affect thousands of military children as they prepare for another Permanent Change of Station season. Like their civilian counterparts, military children live in states whose education has been negatively affected by the pandemic. But unlike their civilian counterparts, military children who must move this summer will be forced into a completely different educational system that may or may not have responded to the pandemic as their previous school district. Many children will move from areas where
Jill Biden to visit Connecticut and Pennsylvania to tout Joe s plan to open schools as first lady exerts her influence in husband s administration
Jill Biden will visit Connecticut and Pennsylvania on Wednesday to tout the president s plan to reopen schools
She will visit Meriden, Connecticut, the hometown of newly-confirmed Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, who will travel with her
The duo also will visit Fort LeBoeuf Middle School in Waterford, Pennsylvania
Jill Biden has hit the ground running as first lady
She s also made her voice heard on issues in the Biden s administration that are close to her heart - particularly those involving children