The document discusses three current issues in education: (1) health and wellness, (2) literacy, and (3) lack of play and creativity. For health and wellness, the document discusses how a student's environment, community, family, wealth, and physical health affect their ability to learn. It describes how some schools are addressing this by creating resources for students' and families' mental and physical health needs. For literacy, it discusses how the population of English language learners and special education students has evolved, requiring collaboration between different teacher specialties. Finally, for lack of play and creativity, it states that play, arts, music and movement are essential for children's cognitive and developmental growth, and some teachers are