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It's been a year since teachers were handed an unprecedented challenge: Educate students in new ways amid the backdrop of a pandemic. In this comic series, we'll illustrate one educator's story each week from now until the end of the school year.

How one math teacher broke through to her virtual students

Pueblo tribal teacher on the difficulty of getting students online

Teaching preschoolers while masked up during the pandemic

For music teacher, virtual school meant teaching kids 'to hear the way I hear'

'Radiating love and positivity' while teaching in the pandemic

Bringing the library home during the pandemic

Teaching kids to make art out of what they have in the pandemic

How a teacher tackled pandemic fears for his students with disabilities

In this week's comic, Alvaro Salas discusses the challenges of starting his teaching career in a school year that was unlike any other. He teaches middle school social studies at Bonham Academy in San Antonio. 

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It's been a year since teachers were handed an unprecedented challenge: Educate students in new ways amid the backdrop of a pandemic. This week our story is from San Antonio.

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Comic: 1st-year teacher hurdles compounded during pandemic

Comic: 1st-year teacher hurdles compounded during pandemic

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