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Smaller Classes? At Elite Schools, Some Parents Say ‘No Thanks.’
A new law to reduce class size in New York City has large support among families, but early tensions could…
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For Book Fairs, Scholastic Will Separate Titles That Deal With Race and Gender
Schools can opt to display these books — or not. The list includes biographies of the civil rights icon John…
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Killing of Teacher and Hamas Assault Set a Jittery France on Edge
Another attack at a school, three years after the beheading of a teacher, has heightened anxiety about a new wave…
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Warning of ‘Grave’ Errors, Powerful Donors Push Universities on Hamas
Wall Street financiers are pressing elite schools to condemn criticism of Israel. Amid pressure, the University of Pennsylvania on Sunday…
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To Prepare Kids for the Future, Bring Back Shop and Home Ec
We’ve reached that lull in the school year when the excitement of Back to School has worn off and the…
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World
ACT Reports Record Low Scores as Admissions Landscape Shifts
For the high school class of 2023, the average score was the lowest since 1991, and 43 percent of students…
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Heat, High Water, Hurricanes: Schools Are Not Ready for Climate Change
A storm can last a day. But the disruption to learning can last years. As natural disasters become more common,…
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Teachers Can’t Hold Students Accountable. It’s Making the Job Miserable.
A few weeks ago, I wrote about how America’s teacher pipeline is drying up. According to education researchers, the proportion…
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New York Schools Weathered a Crisis. Now They Face a Fiscal Cliff.
The city faces billions in financial pressures in the coming years that threaten to worsen inequality across the nation’s largest…
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I Read Banned Books. So Does Almost Everybody Else.
During my grade school years in the early 1970s, I read everything. Books, of course — books about dogs and…