Texas is set to pass what may be the first state-mandated book list for public school students. It focuses on classic literature and includes Bible excerpts. Read more ...
Andres Chait is a district veteran who has helped keep peace with labor unions. He started in the classroom and now runs a district with hundreds of thousands of students. Read more ...
Few schools in Britain or France have air-conditioning to keep children cool in soaring temperatures, leaving parents, teachers and officials divided about what to do. Read more ...
At a graduation ceremony for high schools affiliated with the college, Leon Botstein said, “To get anything done, you’re going to have to dance with the devil.” Read more ...
Whitman College is trying to keep it simple: Tell us your adjusted gross income, and we won’t make you apply and get in just to receive a price quote. Read more ...
Alienated by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s claims about autism, advocates for disabled students are sounding the alarm about the Trump administration's shifting special education programs to his department. Read more ...
The high school philosophy exam is a rite of passage for French students. This year included questions about Friedrich Nietzsche’s 1878 book, “Human, All Too Human.” Read more ...
Mayor Zohran Mamdani encouraged students to stay in school during the Knicks parade on Thursday, which packed Lower Manhattan and the subways with fans. Read more ...
The department, citing high defaults, is reducing interest rates by up to one percentage point for two years if borrowers pay automatically. Read more ...
By Ron Lieber, Tara Siegel Bernard and Michael C. Bender
Big tech companies and small start-ups are using social media to hype new tools that allow students to trick teachers and A.I. detectors. Read more ...
One nonprofit, Defending Education, initiated nearly a dozen civil rights investigations targeting diversity programs and transgender policies. Read more ...
Our Washington correspondent Michael Bender explains how the Trump administration is trying to use a civil rights law that prohibits sex-based discrimination to roll back protections for transgender students. Read more ...
By Michael C. Bender, Nikolay Nikolov, Paul Abowd, Jon Miller, Rafaela Balster, Stephanie Swart and Ray Whitehouse
Huge memory-chip profits from the global A.I. boom have increased interest in semiconductor factory work. But behind the hype are uncertain job prospects. Read more ...
A group of government interns is campaigning for a paid wage, reigniting a debate over ethics and opportunity in one of the world’s most expensive cities. Read more ...
In a notice flagging a series of problems with a clinical trial, the journal Nature Medicine said its editors “no longer have confidence in the integrity of the results.” Read more ...
