![](https://compote.slate.com/images/e4ee87a3-f946-4475-ac6b-83b5946f2991.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&width=1560)
Public Schools Have Seemed Pretty Back-to-Normal Lately. But There’s a Big Change Coming.
You know the easiest way to tell that U.S. schools have gotten back to their prepandemic normal? It’s that when they’re in the news these days, it’s mostly for familiar reasons: because they’re bearing the awful consequences of American gun culture or …