Multimedia

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.
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.
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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.
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.
Artificial Intelligence Video AI + Math Learning. How to Solve a New Problem
The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics makes the argument that teachers, principals, and district leaders must “stay up to date on current AI trends” to prepare students for the future.
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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?
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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.
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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.

Interactive Projects

Education Funding Interactive Map: How Per-Pupil Spending Compares Across U.S. School Districts
Use this interactive map to see how much your district spends on students and how per-pupil spending compares across the nation.
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School & District Management Interactive The Re-Education of New Orleans: Multimedia
Browse the photos, videos, and interactives that are part of "The Re-Education of New Orleans."
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Swikar Patel/Education Week
Standards & Accountability Interactive Map: Tracking the Common Core State Standards
See which states have kept the common core and which have (at least officially) replaced or rewritten it, with this interactive map.
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Image of documents, and editing.
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Federal Interactive The Nation's Main K-12 Law: A Timeline of the ESEA
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act has seen numerous changes in its 50-year history. View an interactive timeline of its milestones.
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April 11, 1965: President Lyndon B. Johnson, seated with his childhood schoolteacher, Kate Deadrich Loney, delivers remarks after signing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act at the former Junction Elementary School near Stonewall, Texas.
April 11, 1965: President Lyndon B. Johnson, seated with his childhood schoolteacher, Kate Deadrich Loney, delivers remarks after signing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act at the former Junction Elementary School near Stonewall, Texas.
Frank Wolfe/The Lyndon Baines Johnson Library-File

More Multimedia

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.
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Sam Mallon/Education Week

Photo Essays

Our Visuals Team

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