Sarah Schwartz is a reporter for Education Week who covers curriculum and instruction. Before joining the staff, she was as an Education Week intern, covering education technology. She has also worked at a middle school in New York City.
Aimee Rodriguez Webb reads emails at her dining room table, which she set up as a virtual classroom in Marietta, Ga. After a rocky transition to distance learning last spring, Webb bought a dry-erase board and a special camera for displaying worksheets.
A young girl holds a hand as she she watches the start of a Juneteenth march in Seattle on June 19, 2020. Thousands of people marched to honor the Juneteenth holiday and to protest against police violence and racism.
Amanda Legge, a 4th grade teacher at Ooltewah Elementary School in Tennessee, held daily video chats with students from her home during the coronavirus school building closures.
Hundreds of people gather in downtown Benton Harbor, Mich., on May 31 during a peaceful protest march held concerning police brutality and the death of black men, including George Floyd.
New York City educator Lauren Olivieri teaches a reading lesson in an episode of Let's Learn NYC! The episodes, designed for students ages 3-8 and broadcast on public television, each include read-alouds and work on foundational reading skills.
In this April 9, 2020, file photo, Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy kindergarten teacher Marisa Martinez holds her daughter Estrella, 1, while her other daughter, Xavia, 11, records her instructing a class to be posted online from their home on Kings Mountain in San Mateo County, Calif. Also pictured is their pet pig Rebecca.