EditorialNeil Daniel, a junior at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Va., a top public high school there, at home in Chantilly, Va., Sept. 14, 2022. (Ting Shen/The New York Times)
EditorialNeil Daniel, a junior at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Va., a top public high school there, at home in Chantilly, Va., Sept. 14, 2022. (Ting Shen/The New York Times)
EditorialKyla Chester-Hopkins, a high school junior, in her bedroom adorned with her hand-painted murals, in Milwaukee, Jan. 12, 2022. (Kevin Miyazaki/The New York Times)
EditorialCiara Brown, a junior at Fox Tech High School, who has two immunocompromised family members, in San Antonio, Texas on Sept. 16, 2021. (Scott Ball/The New York Times)
EditorialBernardo Little Jr., a junior at Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School in Georgia, sits for a portrait at school in Atlanta on Aug. 12, 2021. (Aboubacar Kante/The New York Times)
EditorialIsaiah Finley, a high school junior from Shaker Heights, Ohio, had to cancel a road trip to visit several colleges in New York City. (Dustin Franz/The New York Times)