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Photos and videos from classrooms and school communities tell powerful stories of students' challenges and triumphs and the educators who help put them on a path to success.
School & District Management Video Meet the 2026 Superintendent of the Year
A Texas schools chief says his leadership is inspired by his own difficulties in school.
Caitlynn Peetz Stephens & Kaylee Domzalski
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Student Well-Being & Movement Video How This District Is Shrinking Students’ Screen Time—After the School Day Ends
Engagement navigators in this district help students take advantage of the many available extracurriculars.
Kaylee Domzalski & Alyson Klein
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Artificial Intelligence Video Is the ‘AI Glow’ Starting to Wear Off? What to Expect in 2026
Artificial intelligence is now integrated into a wide variety of products and services that K-12 schools use, making it almost inescapable.
Arianna Prothero & Yi-Jo Shen
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1 min read
Artificial Intelligence Video Reading Is Hard to Teach. Can AI Help?
Artificial intelligence might be able to drive cars, treat diseases, and train your front door to recognize your face. But can it help kids learn how to read?
Alyson Klein & Yi-Jo Shen
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School Choice & Charters Video Private School Choice Is Growing. What Comes Next?
States are investing billions of dollars in public funds for families to use on private schooling.
Mark Lieberman & Yi-Jo Shen
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Reading & Literacy Video Why One School Is Leading the Return to Cursive
Georgia has joined 20-plus states returning cursive handwriting to elementary school classrooms.
Kaylee Domzalski & Elizabeth Heubeck
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1 min read
Artificial Intelligence Video Is AI Good or Bad for Schools?
A growing number of educators are experimenting with generative AI. The challenge now is to share those lessons learned and best practices.
Lauraine Langreo & Yi-Jo Shen
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Interactive Projects

School & District Management Interactive Enrollment Data: How Many Students Went Missing in Your State?
America's public school system lost more than 1.3 million students during the coronavirus pandemic, according to an Education Week analysis.
Eesha Pendharkar & Maya Riser-Kositsky
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1 min read
Conceptual image of a school door with projected shadows of students.
Collage by Laura Baker/Education Week (Images: iStock/Getty)
States Tracker Map: Where Critical Race Theory Is Under Attack
Education Week summarizes where state policymakers are attempting to censor the way teachers talk about racism and gender.
Sarah Schwartz
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School Climate & Safety Interactive School Police: Which Districts Cut Them? Which Brought Them Back?
See which districts removed police from schools after the murder of George Floyd in 2020, and which later reversed those decisions.
Maya Riser-Kositsky, Stephen Sawchuk & Holly Peele
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1 min read
A police officer walks down a hall inside a school
Collage by Vanessa Solis/Education Week (images: Michael Blann/Digital/Vision; Kristen Prahl/iStock/Getty Images Plus )
School & District Management Interactive A Year of COVID-19: What It Looked Like for Schools
This timeline offers a look at how a full year of living and learning during the COVID-19 pandemic unfolded.
Education Week Staff
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Elementary 1 teacher Melissa Vozar sits outside of Suder Elementary in Chicago to teach a virtual class on Jan. 11, 2021. The Chicago Teachers Union said that its members voted to defy an order to return to the classroom before they are vaccinated against the coronavirus, setting up a showdown with district officials who have said such a move would amount to an illegal strike.
Elementary 1 teacher Melissa Vozar sits outside of Suder Elementary in Chicago to teach a virtual class on Jan. 11, 2021. The Chicago Teachers Union said that its members voted to defy an order to return to the classroom before they are vaccinated against the coronavirus, setting up a showdown with district officials who have said such a move would amount to an illegal strike.
Anthony Vazquez/Chicago Sun-Times via AP
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Video Projects

School & District Management Video District Dilemmas – Solutions for Common District Leader Challenges
District leaders around the country share how they address some of the common challenges they experience.
Naomi Tolentino leads a meeting on student attendance at J.C. Harmon High School on Jan. 16, 2025 in Kansas City, Kansas.
Naomi Tolentino leads a meeting on student attendance at J.C. Harmon High School on Jan. 16, 2025 in Kansas City, Kan.
Erin Woodiel for Education Week
Student Well-Being & Movement Series Get Active: Creative Ways to Integrate Movement and Learning
In this solutions-focused visual series, educators share their ideas for incorporating movement across grade levels and subject matter.
Beatrice Hesseltine, center, and her classmates in Alyssa Saunders’ kindergarten class take a movement break during class at Vergennes Union Elementary School in Vergennes, Vt., on Nov. 19, 2024.
Beatrice Hesseltine, center, and her classmates in Alyssa Saunders’ kindergarten class take a movement break during class at Vergennes Union Elementary School in Vergennes, Vt., on Nov. 19, 2024.
Jaclyn Borowski/Education Week
Teaching Video Teachers, Try This – A Video Series on Innovative Ideas for Educators
A place where teachers can find ideas and inspiration from fellow educators.
Dean Jermaine Weems (right) tells a story about fostering kittens to teachers and faculty during a Welcome Back training at CICS Bucktown on Monday, Aug. 15, 2022 in Chicago, Ill.
Dean Jermaine Weems (right) tells a story during a Welcome Back training at CICS Bucktown on Monday, Aug. 15, 2022 in Chicago, Ill.
Taylor Glascock for Education Week
Teaching Profession Video ‘It’s Not All Rainbows and Butterflies’: SEL in the Early Grades
A veteran teacher reflects on how the classroom (and the kids) have changed, and on what's needed to fix education.
Jaclyn Borowski & Sam Mallon
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Photo Essays

  • Arnett Elementary first grade students Nathaniel Bernard, left, Matt Pittaluga, center, and Nathan Hammond read books on the classroom floor, while other students selected their own reading materials. The Kentucky school is using a system of "learning targets" to quickly access students' progress.
    Arnett Elementary first grade students Nathaniel Bernard, left, Matt Pittaluga, center, and Nathan Hammond read books on the classroom floor, while other students selected their own reading materials. The Kentucky school is using a system of "learning targets" to quickly access students' progress.
    Pat McDonogh for Education Week
    Standards & Accountability Photos Common Core
    Nicole Frugé, April 24, 2012
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    Paiten Pysell, 11, left, a 6th grader at Sandy River Middle School, and Emily Auville, 9, a 4th grader at Iaeger Elementary School, practice cheerleading outside Emily's home in McDowell County, W.Va. Paige Pysell, 9, a 4th grader at Iaeger Elementary, is in the tree.
    Paiten Pysell, 11, left, a 6th grader at Sandy River Middle School, and Emily Auville, 9, a 4th grader at Iaeger Elementary School, practice cheerleading outside Emily's home in McDowell County, W.Va. Paige Pysell, 9, a 4th grader at Iaeger Elementary, is in the tree.
    Nicole Frugé/Education Week
    Equity & Diversity Photo Essay The Bigger Picture
    Nicole Frugé, April 5, 2012
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    Math teacher Lorraine Dominguez, left, fist bumps junior Javoi Lawson during an algebra class at Sam Houston High. "She tries to encourage us to work harder but she keeps it fun and she maintains a high energy in the classroom. She tries to keep everybody up instead of being down and making everything just hard," the 17-year-old says of his teacher. Many of Ms. Dominguez’s colleagues credit her with the improved math scores at the school. She is known for singing "Found a Peanut" to explain a method for factoring a polynomial.
    Math teacher Lorraine Dominguez, left, fist bumps junior Javoi Lawson during an algebra class at Sam Houston High. "She tries to encourage us to work harder but she keeps it fun and she maintains a high energy in the classroom. She tries to keep everybody up instead of being down and making everything just hard," the 17-year-old says of his teacher. Many of Ms. Dominguez’s colleagues credit her with the improved math scores at the school. She is known for singing "Found a Peanut" to explain a method for factoring a polynomial.
    Lisa Krantz/San Antonio Express-News
    School & District Management Photo Essay Lisa Krantz: Innocence and Anguish at Sam Houston
    Nicole Frugé, January 17, 2012
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    At the end of the school day, students head for the doors past a mural celebrating the cultural diversity at David Lewis Public School in the Toronto school system.
    At the end of the school day, students head for the doors past a mural celebrating the cultural diversity at David Lewis Public School in the Toronto school system.
    Nicole Frugé/Education Week
    Federal Photos Quality Counts: Canada
    Nicole Frugé, January 13, 2012
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    Sixth grader Julian Salazar travels to Wheat Ridge Middle School. Budget cuts have forced school officials in Colorado’s Jefferson County to close some schools. The district is also charging students a fee to ride school buses.
    Sixth grader Julian Salazar travels to Wheat Ridge Middle School. Budget cuts have forced school officials in Colorado’s Jefferson County to close some schools. The district is also charging students a fee to ride school buses.
    Nathan Armes for Education Week
    Education Photos Education Week's Best Photos of 2011
    Nicole Frugé, December 23, 2011
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Our Visuals Team

Sandra M. Stevenson
Managing Editor, Visual and Immersive Experiences
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Laura Baker
Deputy Managing Editor, Creative
Laura Baker
Jaclyn Borowski
Director of Photography & Videography
Jaclyn Borowski
Gina Tomko
Art Director
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Kaylee Domzalski
Video Producer
Kaylee Domzalski
Francis Sheehan
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Vanessa Solis
Associate Design Director
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