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Portrait of a Pandemic: This West Philly high school teacher struggles to reconnect with her students

The pandemic is exacerbating long-existing inequities in all areas of society across the city and the country, but perhaps nowhere more acutely than in education.

Kyana Hopkins-Thomas, right, is photographed with her kids, Imani Thomas, 15; Imara Thomas, 1;  and Keion Thomas, 2, near their home in Philadelphia. Kyana is teacher who is juggling her students' needs with her own children.
Kyana Hopkins-Thomas, right, is photographed with her kids, Imani Thomas, 15; Imara Thomas, 1; and Keion Thomas, 2, near their home in Philadelphia. Kyana is teacher who is juggling her students' needs with her own children.Read moreJOSE F. MORENO / Staff Photographer