CSer getting a bit ... corny?
You didn't say negative, slides or hard copy photo.
If hard copy photo, any decent present flatbed should do. Try Canon and Epson.
For negatives or slides, you need to go at least one step further. Again try Canon and Epson, they have flatbed scanners with the cover having a light that allows transmission through the negative and slides for scanning.
Or get a dedicated film scanner, don't know if such things still available widely, easily.
The stuff the earlier CSer posted were in response to your "best" requirement. "Best" is very hard to achieve, drum scanners are the best, they cost 6 figures the last time I read about them.
Flatbeds can be had for a few hundred dollars, stay away from the absolute bottom of the line. Go 2 to 3 models higher to get decent results beyond what's good for school project. Better still go 2 to 3 models lower from the top to get pretty good results, good enough for an old fart like me (been photographing since 1978, from mechanical manual SLR to electronic SLR to autofocus SLR to program SLR to digital SLR).
Just make sure they scan negatives or slides if that's what you want.