Denzel Washington in The Great Debaters. The Kobal Collection hide caption
Teachers in Nashville, Tenn., are knocking on doors to recruit students for public school. LA Johnson/NPR hide caption
The local middle school plays its annual homecoming football game at Wilcox Central High in Camden, Alabama. Dan Carsen/WBHM hide caption
Vickie Walker, a special education teacher and bartender, looks forward to a day when she can wake up on the weekends with nothing to do. LA Johnson/NPR hide caption
TFA at 25 years (from left): Matt Kramer, current co-CEO; Wendy Kopp, founder; Elisa Villanueva Beard, current co-CEO. Courtesy of TFA hide caption
A University of Virginia student looks over postings on the door of Peabody Hall related to the Phi Kappa Psi gang rape allegations at the school in Charlottesville, Va., Monday, Nov. 24, 2014. Steve Helber/AP hide caption
Preschool students from Nikki Jones' class at Porter Early Childhood Development Center in Tulsa line up in the hallway on their way back from outside play. John W. Poole/NPR hide caption
Organizers of the campus Sex Week event at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Courtesy of Nicky Hackenbrack hide caption
Woodley Elementary third grade students write their names into newly donated dictionaries at the school. Eric J. Shelton/Hattiesburg American hide caption
President Barack Obama instructs guests on signing a digital pledge as he hosts 'ConnectED to the Future', in the East Room of the White House. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP hide caption
Patches for the new Presidential Youth Fitness Program in Lauren Horton's office at Capital City Public Charter School in Washington, D.C. Elissa Nadworny/NPR hide caption
Under the #Gamergate hashtag, a debate has flared surrounding ethics in video game journalism and the role and treatment of women in the video game industry. LA Johnson/NPR hide caption
Second-grade teacher Amanda Siepiola reads with Cornelia Blixt and Isabelle Posner-Brown. Gabrielle Emanuel/NPR hide caption