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Looking Forward
Sam Houston High School varsity football players talk on the sideline during a game in San Antonio. —Bria Webb This month, Bria Webb was the valedictorian of her graduating class at Sam Houston High...
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Erin Brethauer: Autism Camp
Photographer Erin Brethauer reflects on her visits to a North Carolina camp for young people with autism. Tell us a little about the project. This series focuses on young people with autism and was...
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Jon Lowenstein: School Closings
Students settle in for a physical education class at Walter H. Dyett High School on Chicago's South Side. The school is being phased out over three years. Dyett students are among those nationwide...
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Testing the Tests for Students With Cognitive Disabilities
Kansas City-based photographer Steve Hebert describes the need to be flexible on a delicate assignment for Education Week photographing a story on field-testing of assessments aligned with the Common...
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A Home for Learning
Kimora Gantt, right, does homework while her brother Jason Gantt, 5, gets his hair cut by his father, Bobby Gantt. After struggling with homelessness, the family has found stability in a home they rent...
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A Photo Assignment Turns Personal
For photographer Ramin Rahimian, a recent assignment to document a reading program for infants echoed his own personal mission as a parent to a 2-year-old. Photographer Ramin Rahimian reads to his...
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A Photographer’s View of the Atlanta Schools Test-Cheating Trial
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Jerry Baxter expresses his outrage to defense attorneys who claimed his sentencing of three former school administrators for the Atlanta school district was unfair....
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A Photographer Reflects on the Unrest in Baltimore
Photographer Noah Scialom was on the streets of Baltimore following the funeral of Freddie Gray and riots in Baltimore last month. With time to reflect on the events, Noah shares his observations of...
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Photographing the Challenges of Urban Education
The Riverview Towers, a privately owned row of housing projects, looms over Paterson Public School 28, where the Paterson Academy for the Gifted and Talented is located in Paterson, N.J. The school is...
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In Drought’s Firm Grip
California communities are trying to cope with an historic drought—one that has forced mandatory water reductions across the state. School districts must slash their water usage while facing other...
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Observing an Uncertain Future for School Districts in North Carolina
On assignment for Education Week, photographer Justin Cook reflects on his return to his familial roots as he documented two North Carolina school districts that benefited from the Obama...
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Sketches of History at the U.S. Supreme Court
Spectators wait in line outside the U.S. Supreme Court. Approximately 50 seats are reserved inside the court for the public to witness proceedings. –Art Lien Courtroom artist Art Lien sketched history...
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Lone Black Teacher Gives A Minority Report
Chrissell Rhone speaks with Gage Harrison, a student at the Picayune Center for Alternative Education in Picayune, Miss. After teaching for 10 years in a school system with an ample supply of black...
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A Photographer’s View of Chicago Schools’ Fiscal Crisis
Assistant Principal Alexandra Escobar hugs 2nd grader Analise Rivera, during recess at R. H. Lee Elementary School in Chicago. Escobar is leaving the school, located in a predominantly Hispanic...
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Nurturing Success at a Los Angeles Charter School
Photographer Patrick Fallon writes about his experiences photographing a charter school in Los Angeles, and how it contrasts with the high school he attended. Students arrive for classes at Alliance...
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Focus on the Democratic National Convention
A member of the Education Week team covering this week’s Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, multimedia producer Deanna Del Ciello offers her unique view of the event. Democratic...
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High School Students Give Voice to Presidential Election
Amy Powell, a high school photography teacher in Ohio, asked her students how they felt about the presidential election during a time when they are not yet old enough to vote. Many of us adults are...
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Kindergartners Write Letters to the President-Elect
Three teachers at the Co-op School, a private school in Brooklyn, N.Y., had each of their students write letters to the new president-elect, Donald Trump. Teacher Dahna Bozarth wrote about the exercise...
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Transitioning from Island Life to an Inland High School
Dominique Hessert, a senior at the Rochester Institute of Technology, documented the story of Connor Maxcy, a student at a one-room schoolhouse on Isle au Haut in Maine, as part of her senior capstone...
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When Schools Close in Rural Communities
Schools across the country close down each year for a variety of reasons. In rural areas like Hughes, Ark., it’s often because they are serving smaller numbers of students and it no longer makes...
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