Across the country, school districts are making tough choices about what programs to cut as pandemic relief funding will soon expire. Teachers, tutors, summer educators, and other essential staff and programs are all on the chopping block. The looming cliff represents the biggest drop in federal education funding in years, and students and teachers across the country are feeling it deeply. Combined with the push for vouchers that divert money from public schools and high levels of inflation, the drop in funding will create financial turbulence forschools.