The average school day today looks different than in years past. K–12 educators face a myriad of challenges this year, including teacher and other staffing shortages, distance learning, the politicization of curricula, calls for book bans and the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic.    In the first episode of Season 7 of “The Maine Question,” we read more S7E1: What is the state of K–12 education?