Ileana Najarro is a reporter for Education Week covering race and opportunity in schools across the country. She previously wrote for the Tampa Bay Times and the Houston Chronicle.
"No justice, no peace," shouts choreographer Markesha Howlett with Visual Movements, as she leads a march from the Old Courthouse in St. Louis to the riverfront during the second annual Juneteenth Commemoration, "On Their Shoulders" on June 19, 2021.
Zeneta Everhart, the mother of Zaire Goodman, who was injured in the Buffalo, N.Y., supermarket shooting, testified at the House Oversight and Reform Committee on gun violence June 8.
Patrick Jiner, a math teacher at Lake Middle School in Denver, has long work days that start two hours before he teaches his first class and often extend deep into the evenings before he goes to bed.
Patrick Jiner teaches 7th grade math at Lake Middle School in Denver, where he logs many extra hours in the evenings and on weekends to plan lessons and respond to parents.
Teacher-comedians, from left to right, Devin Siebold, K.C. Mack, Briana Richardson, Jess Smith, and Vinny Thomas pose during their stop in Bradenton, Fla., during the first Bored Teachers spring break comedy tour.
Students at IDEA Frontier College Preparatory in Brownsville, Texas, analyze images and paragraphs for an assignment in Scott Frank's history class. Frank, who uses AP U.S. History material in the course, said he feels nervous about whether the content he teaches in the class will be viewed as violating Texas' restrictions on teaching subject matter deemed controversial.
Daniel Kelvin Bullock, Durham Public Schools Executive Director for Equity Affairs, and Jermaine Porter, Equity Leadership and Strategy Coordinator, talk over Zoom at the beginning of an online equity training course on Jan. 19, 2022. The Durham Public Schools Office of Equity Affairs provides the course which is co-hosted by Bullock, Porter and Iwinosa Idahor, Student Engagement and Opportunity Coordinator with the Durham Public Schools Office of Equity Affairs.
Grove Elementary School teacher Cameo Williams reads a book about Harriet Tubman to her third grade schools against the backdrop of a mural they created for Black History Month in Normal, Ill., Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021.