EditorialHannah Bernard hands out worksheets during class at PS 446, Riverdale Avenue Community School, in Brooklyn on Oct. 12, 2018. (Stephen Speranza/The New York Times)
EditorialOutside the student center at Adrian College, a liberal arts school with just over 1,600 undergraduates, in Adrian, Mich., Sept. 22, 2022. (Erin Kirkland/The New York Times)
EditorialMelissa Corraliza prepares for the start of the school year at her classroom at Acelero Learning Center in Perth Amboy, N.J., on Sept. 1, 2022. (Bryan Anselm/The New York Times)
EditorialRising housing costs in California have contributed to the public school enrollment drop, as fewer families can afford to stay in the state.? (Alisha Jucevic/The New York Times)
EditorialKiara Bragg, a first-generation college student who has been nervously checking her phone for email updates ever since receiving an enrollment freeze notice from the University of California, Berkeley, near her home in Palm Desert, Calif., March 9, 2022. (Ariana Drehsler/The New York Times)
EditorialThe Jackson, Tenn., campus of Southwest Tennessee Community College, a two-year public school, on March 12, 2021. (Whitten Sabbatini/The New York Times)
EditorialThe campus of Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, on March 13, 2020, after the school moved to online classes for the rest of the semester. (Sarah Rice/The New York Times)