Photo Essay

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 teachers, Rhone is now the only African-American teacher in his workplace.
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 teachers, Rhone is now the only African-American teacher in his workplace.
Edmund Fountain for Education Week
Teaching Profession Photo Essay Lone Black Teacher Gives A Minority Report
Edmund Fountain photographs and interviews teacher Chrissell Rhone, the only African-American teacher at a school in Picayune, Miss.
Education Week Photo Staff, February 18, 2016
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A space heater is surrounded by kickball marks in the coal dust that coats a gymnasium wall at Ansted Elementary in Fayette County, W. Va. Space heaters have replaced a once-functional basement coal furnace in the school.
A space heater is surrounded by kickball marks in the coal dust that coats a gymnasium wall at Ansted Elementary in Fayette County, W. Va. Space heaters have replaced a once-functional basement coal furnace in the school.
Doyle Maurer/Education Week
School & District Management Photo Essay Schools in Fayette County, W.Va., Contend With Coal Dust, Rotting Roofs
Doyle Maurer, Education Week’s multimedia intern, describes his experience photographing facilities in Fayette County, West Virginia.
Education Week Photo Staff, December 17, 2015
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A teacher helps 8th grader Kristopher Cody plant lettuce in a greenhouse at the STAR School, at the edge of the Navajo Nation near Flagstaff, Ariz.
A teacher helps 8th grader Kristopher Cody plant lettuce in a greenhouse at the STAR School, at the edge of the Navajo Nation near Flagstaff, Ariz.
Nick Cote for Education Week
College & Workforce Readiness Photo Essay College Competencies Take Root
Photographer Nick Cote describes his experiences photographing a school on the Navajo Nation in Northern Arizona.
Education Week Photo Staff, September 14, 2015
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Spectators wait in line outside the U.S. Supreme Court. Approximately 50 seats are reserved inside the court for the public to witness proceedings.
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
Law & Courts Photo Essay Sketches of History at the U.S. Supreme Court
Courtroom artist Art Lien sketches history in the making during the recently completed term of the United States Supreme Court.
Education Week Photo Staff, July 2, 2015
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1 min read
A giant dresser on Hamilton Street stands in homage to the furniture industry in downtown High Point, N.C.
A giant dresser on Hamilton Street stands in homage to the furniture industry in downtown High Point, N.C.
Justin Cook for Education Week
Education Funding Photo Essay Observing an Uncertain Future for School Districts in North Carolina
Justin Cook reflects on his familial roots as he documents two North Carolina school districts.
Education Week Photo Staff, June 17, 2015
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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 located in one of the city’s most crime-ridden and impoverished neighborhoods.
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 located in one of the city’s most crime-ridden and impoverished neighborhoods.
Mark Abramson for Education Week
School & District Management Photo Essay Photographing the Challenges of Urban Education
Photographer Mark Abramson writes about the challenges and rewards of photographing a school for gifted and talented youth.
Education Week Photo Staff, May 21, 2015
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Noah Scialom for Education Week
Equity & Diversity Photo Essay A Photographer Reflects on the Unrest in Baltimore
Photographer Noah Scialom was on the streets of Baltimore following the funeral of Freddie Gray and the riots that ensued.
Education Week Photo Staff, May 13, 2015
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4 min read
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. Judge Baxter declared they were “at the top of the chain” during sentencing on April 14 in Atlanta.
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. Judge Baxter declared they were “at the top of the chain” during sentencing on April 14 in Atlanta.
Kent D. Johnson/Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Law & Courts Photo Essay A Photographer’s View of the Atlanta Schools Test-Cheating Trial
Atlanta Journal-Constitution staff photographer Kent D. Johnson was the courtroom photographer during the landmark trial in Atlanta.
Education Week Photo Staff, April 20, 2015
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2 min read
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 through a local housing authority in Tacoma, Wash.
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 through a local housing authority in Tacoma, Wash.
Equity & Diversity Photo Essay A Home for Learning
Photographer Ian C. Bates spent time with a formerly homeless family that has now found stability and hope.
Education Week Photo Staff, December 10, 2014
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Village Leadership Academy student Eden Magana, at right, is introduced to a young girl near the Jimenoa Waterfall near La Joya, Jarabacoa.
Village Leadership Academy student Eden Magana, at right, is introduced to a young girl near the Jimenoa Waterfall near La Joya, Jarabacoa.
Alyssa Schukar for Education Week
Federal Photo Essay Chicago Students Journey Through the Dominican Republic
Chicago freelance photographer Alyssa Schukar talks about her experience accompanying students from the Village Leadership Academy.
Education Week Photo Staff, July 25, 2014
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents work at a processing facility for unaccompanied children in Brownsville, Texas, earlier this month. The facility is one of many along the southern border of the United States tasked with processing the more than 47,000 unaccompanied children who have entered the country illegally since Oct. 1.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents work at a processing facility for unaccompanied children in Brownsville, Texas, earlier this month. The facility is one of many along the southern border of the United States tasked with processing the more than 47,000 unaccompanied children who have entered the country illegally since Oct. 1.
Eric Gay/AP
Equity & Diversity Photo Essay Documenting the Immigrant-Children Influx
AP photographer Eric Gay offers a behind-the-scenes look at his recent assignment photographing immigrant children.
Education Week Photo Staff, June 27, 2014
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Special education teacher Elizabeth Rosenberry, right, holds hands with student Zachary Zayas in an effort to make eye contact with him, at PS4Q in the borough of Queens, N.Y. Rosenberry starts the class by engaging each student individually, while demonstrating to the other students how to make eye contact. Much effort is devoted to getting students to become socially engage with each other. New York City’s district 75, in conjunction with the Urban Arts Partnership, received a five-year, $4.6 million i3 grant in 2010 to implement an arts-integration professional-development program, known as Everyday Arts for Special Education (EASE). Through the program, teachers are mentored by teaching artists and receive ongoing, in-class support. A researcher from Teachers’ College says there’s evidence EASE has helped improve students’ academic, socialization, and communication skills.
Special education teacher Elizabeth Rosenberry, right, holds hands with student Zachary Zayas in an effort to make eye contact with him, at PS4Q in the borough of Queens, N.Y. Rosenberry starts the class by engaging each student individually, while demonstrating to the other students how to make eye contact. Much effort is devoted to getting students to become socially engage with each other. New York City’s district 75, in conjunction with the Urban Arts Partnership, received a five-year, $4.6 million i3 grant in 2010 to implement an arts-integration professional-development program, known as Everyday Arts for Special Education (EASE). Through the program, teachers are mentored by teaching artists and receive ongoing, in-class support. A researcher from Teachers’ College says there’s evidence EASE has helped improve students’ academic, socialization, and communication skills.
Emile Wamsteker for Education Week
Special Education Photo Essay Students Making Connections Through Art
A day at PS4Q @ Skillman, a school for students with cognitive and behavioral disabilities in New York City’s special education district.
Education Week Photo Staff, June 3, 2014
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Diana Marcus, a 5th grade teacher and president of Burlington Educators Association, sets up the computer lab at the Marshall Simonds Middle School in Burlington, Mass., where teachers from the Burlington school district sampled the PARCC field test. The field tests for PARCC and Smarter Balanced began in March, marking an assessment experiment of unprecedented scope.
Diana Marcus, a 5th grade teacher and president of Burlington Educators Association, sets up the computer lab at the Marshall Simonds Middle School in Burlington, Mass., where teachers from the Burlington school district sampled the PARCC field test. The field tests for PARCC and Smarter Balanced began in March, marking an assessment experiment of unprecedented scope.
Gretchen Ertl for Education Week
Assessment Photo Essay A Lens on PARCC Field-Testing
Boston-based photographer Gretchen Ertl documented how the Burlington, Mass., school district was preparing for PARCC field-testing.
Education Week Photo Staff, May 8, 2014
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Josina Reaves: A high school teacher at Poly Prep in Dyker Heights in Brooklyn. How do you feel right now? Exhausted. What was the highlight of your day? I read some fantastic student poems; some were really thoughtful, well done, and revealing.
Josina Reaves: A high school teacher at Poly Prep in Dyker Heights in Brooklyn. How do you feel right now? Exhausted. What was the highlight of your day? I read some fantastic student poems; some were really thoughtful, well done, and revealing.
Aliza Eliazarov for Education Week
Teaching Profession Photo Essay See Me After School
Aliza Eliazarov is a Brooklyn-based photographer, picture editor, and teacher.
Education Week Photo Staff, March 11, 2014
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