EditorialClaire Saunders, left, and Jillian Anne Abaya perform in an immersive-theater version of “The Great Gatsby,” in New York on June 2, 2023. (Amir Hamja/The New York Times)
EditorialClaire Saunders, left, and Jillian Anne Abaya perform in an immersive-theater version of “The Great Gatsby,” in New York on June 2, 2023. (Amir Hamja/The New York Times)
EditorialXzykiel Velasquez draws a turtle while taking notes during a lesson on animal adaptations, at Slackwood Elementary in Lawrence Township, N.J. on May 31, 2023. (Desiree Rios/The New York Times)
EditorialXzykiel Velasquez draws a turtle while taking notes during a lesson on animal adaptations, at Slackwood Elementary in Lawrence Township, N.J. on May 31, 2023. (Desiree Rios/The New York Times)
EditorialXzykiel Velasquez draws a turtle while taking notes during a lesson on animal adaptations, at Slackwood Elementary in Lawrence Township, N.J. on May 31, 2023. (Desiree Rios/The New York Times)
EditorialXzykiel Velasquez draws a turtle while taking notes during a lesson on animal adaptations, at Slackwood Elementary in Lawrence Township, N.J. on May 31, 2023. (Desiree Rios/The New York Times)
EditorialXzykiel Velasquez draws a turtle while taking notes during a lesson on animal adaptations, at Slackwood Elementary in Lawrence Township, N.J. on May 31, 2023. (Desiree Rios/The New York Times)
EditorialThe senior Ayush Agarwal, who with three other students started the nonprofit ClosingTheDivide, which collects used electronic devices, refurbishes them, and then donates them to low-income families and students, at Basis Independent Silicon Valley, a private school in San Jose, Calif., Sept. 25, 2022. (Jim Wilson/The New York Times)