EditorialMariah Steffey, a second-grade teacher, with students at Joseph Van Pelt Elementary School in Bristol, Va., July 12, 2021. (Clark Hodgin/The New York Times)
EditorialMariah Steffey, a second-grade teacher, with students at Joseph Van Pelt Elementary School in Bristol, Va., July 12, 2021. (Clark Hodgin/The New York Times)
EditorialMariah Steffey, a second-grade teacher, with students at Joseph Van Pelt Elementary School in Bristol, Va., July 12, 2021. (Clark Hodgin/The New York Times)