EditorialTito Rodriguez, a sixth grade math teacher, sorts through file folders in his classroom at First Avenue Elementary School in Newark, N.J., on May 22, 2023. (Gabriela Bhaskar/The New York Times)
EditorialTito Rodriguez, a sixth grade math teacher, sorts through file folders in his classroom at First Avenue Elementary School in Newark, N.J., on May 22, 2023. (Gabriela Bhaskar/The New York Times)
EditorialTito Rodriguez, a sixth grade math teacher, sorts through file folders in his classroom at First Avenue Elementary School in Newark, N.J., on May 22, 2023. (Gabriela Bhaskar/The New York Times)
EditorialTito Rodriguez, a sixth grade math teacher, sorts through file folders in his classroom at First Avenue Elementary School in Newark, N.J., on May 22, 2023. (Gabriela Bhaskar/The New York Times)
EditorialTito Rodriguez, a sixth grade math teacher, sorts through file folders in his classroom at First Avenue Elementary School in Newark, N.J., on May 22, 2023. (Gabriela Bhaskar/The New York Times)
EditorialTito Rodriguez, a sixth grade math teacher, sorts through file folders in his classroom at First Avenue Elementary School in Newark, N.J., on May 22, 2023. (Gabriela Bhaskar/The New York Times)
EditorialTito Rodriguez, a sixth grade math teacher, sorts through file folders in his classroom at First Avenue Elementary School in Newark, N.J., on May 22, 2023. (Gabriela Bhaskar/The New York Times)
EditorialTito Rodriguez, a sixth grade math teacher, sorts through file folders in his classroom at First Avenue Elementary School in Newark, N.J., on May 22, 2023. (Gabriela Bhaskar/The New York Times)
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EditorialZohra Ahmadi writes an exercise on the blackboard in her classroom at the Afghanistan National Institute of Music in Lisbon, Portugal, on May 9, 2022. (Isabella Lanave/The New York Times)