If it’s naptime and Becky Atherton Dukes’s 2-year-old won’t lie down, she bribes him to stay quiet with the promise of a Matchbox car. She has 380 other children depending on her.
As an art teacher in Tulsa, Okla., Ms. Dukes’s typical day includes creating and uploading video drawing lessons, corresponding with parents, attending remote staff meetings and training to use new online tools. She does it all while taking care of her son and 5-year-old daughter, as her husband works round-the-clock shifts as a firefighter, answering emergency calls for potential Covid-19 patients.
