EditorialParaprofessional Kristina McDougal talks with kindergartener Porter Younger about a peacock feather that was found, at Garvan Woodland Gardens, University of Arkansas, in Hot Springs, Oct. 7, 2020. (Andrea Morales/The New York Times)
EditorialChase Redmond, a kindergartener, reads from a tablet on Dec. 19, 2020, at Garrison Elementary School in Washington, D.C., one of only two jurisdictions in the country that saw rising scores on national reading tests last year. (Lexey Swall/The New York Times)