Readers discuss why some students may adopt a new gender identity at school without their parents’ knowledge.
The way forward is confronting this history, not wishing it away.
Representative Jim Jordan, the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, demanded documents for an investigation into whether the government mistreated parents scrutinized after threats against school officials.
Amid concerns about fraud in the industry, the city has stopped doing business with the companies, which provide special education, primarily to yeshivas.
Senators said they were “disturbed” by reports that schools were automatically enrolling students into the military program. Lawmakers are also examining other issues.
Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to allow more charter schools to open in New York City. But as the public school system loses students, the effort faces strong political headwinds.
The Florida governor’s influence on an A.P. Black studies course. Also: The killing of Black men; a formidable Trump; anti-boycott bills; living without plastic.
New York City education officials will block payments for some companies that have billed the government to provide special education, primarily for students in yeshivas.
A guide to some changes in the curriculum, and how the new course differs from standard treatments of Black history in American high schools.
Readers discuss criticisms of Jeanine Cummins’s novel about a woman trying to flee Mexico. Also: Marjorie Taylor Greene’s antisemitic comments; Chinese child-rearing.
The Portsmouth Public Schools received a report last week that an assistant coach had played in a girls’ junior varsity basketball game on Jan. 21. The team decided not to go forward with the season.
The educational snippets are the ultimate font of Gen X nostalgia. But what is it we’re nostalgic for?
Black children in particular are disappearing from the city, and many families point to one reason: Raising children here has become too expensive.
This disturbing attempt to erase history is one of the most visible examples of performative white supremacy since the presidency of Donald Trump.
Learning delays and regressions were most severe in developing countries and among children from low-income backgrounds. And students still haven’t caught up.
Readers discuss how students are using artificial intelligence to write papers for them.
Eliminating the college degree requirement for state government jobs is both good policy and good leadership.
The woman attended classes in New Brunswick for four days before her ruse was discovered, officials said.
His observations about his 3-year-old daughter’s viewing habits led him to join Joan Ganz Cooney in creating a program that revolutionized children’s television.
Parents have more flexibility these days to choose where they want to put down roots. A new study can help them decide.
Readers agree with Ms. Grandin that it is often undervalued. Also: Kevin McCarthy’s vindictive move; action on climate change; the Supreme Court leak.
Under pressure, the school board voted to end the superintendent’s contract. Other administrators have also left the elementary school.
Students describe the peril and promise of the college application process.
A Tennessee high school student was violently arrested after refusing to play kickball in gym class. Body camera footage has renewed scrutiny over the role of school police.
When students redefine their gender identity without telling their parents.
An 18-year-old gang member has been charged with murdering two teenagers who the authorities said were in a rival gang. The founder of a program for at-risk youths was also shot and was seriously injured.
A recent ruling created a split among federal appeals courts on whether schools can forbid transgender students to use restrooms matching their gender identities.
Educators are facing wrenching new tensions over whether they should tell parents when students socially transition at school.
A federal benefit guaranteeing free school meals to millions more students has expired as food prices have risen. Many families are feeling the pinch.
The state’s Department of Education cites examples of what it calls “the woke indoctrination” of students.
The class action, brought by 325 First Nations, said that residential schools, sanctioned by the government, eroded Indigenous cultures and languages.
A young founder promised to simplify the college financial aid process. It was a compelling pitch. Especially, as now seems likely, to those with little firsthand knowledge of financial aid.
En Kiev, la capital ucraniana, los ataques rusos y los cortes de electricidad forman parte de la jornada escolar. Profesores y alumnos siguen adelante con determinación.
The finding, announced by the Anishinabe of Wauzhushk Onigum Nation, comes from one of several searches underway at former Indigenous schools across Canada.
The child had previously been accompanied by a parent every day in school, but that stopped the week of the shooting, his family said.
The state’s Department of Education said in a letter that the course content was “inexplicably contrary to Florida law and significantly lacks educational value.”
A psychiatrist and two social workers write about stigma and discrimination. Also: Presidential papers; gas stoves; transgender courage; writing and thinking.
Dutch privacy negotiators have spurred major changes at Google, Microsoft and Zoom, using a landmark European data protection law as a lever.
U.S. polarization and live-shooter drills make me miss my Chinese government co-parent.
In Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, Russian strikes and power outages are part of the school day. Teachers and students press on with resolve.
A high school in Bushwick is coaxing teenagers into a long-neglected pool, turning nonswimmers into competitors — and possibly a summer job in a lifeguard chair.
No weapon was found during the search, according to the school district. The 6-year-old boy is accused of later shooting his teacher.
Also, why teenagers are buying old digital cameras.
American suburbs have long faced the issue of white families leaving as more residents of color move in. But in Shaker Heights, Ohio, Black families, upset about changes in the schools, are trickling to nearby suburbs.
La alfabetización mediática es parte del plan de estudios nacional desde preescolar. Los estudiantes del país nórdico son de los más resilientes contra la desinformación en Europa.
Mayor Eric Adams’s budget proposal retains funding for the police, sanitation and housing, but 3-K will no longer become universal for city preschoolers.
A lawsuit he helped initiate to change how the state allocates aid to localities reaped a bonanza for New York City schools.
OpenAI’s new chatbot is raising fears of cheating on homework, but its potential as an educational tool outweighs its risks.
A new survey shows increased investments in safety measures over the past five years. Yet there are more campus gun incidents than ever.
Las competencias de las personas que piensan en imágenes es esencial para encontrar la solución a muchos problemas de la sociedad. Y les estamos fallando.
The companies, which mainly served the Orthodox Jewish community, billed the government for services that they never provided, federal prosecutors said.
The Nordic country is testing new ways to teach students about propaganda. Here’s what other countries can learn from its success.
Sexually explicit content has become so prevalent online that teenagers are deluged, according to a new report by a nonprofit child advocacy group.
The wounded teacher went to the school office and said “call 911” before collapsing, a witness said.
Kevin McCarthy gets his chance to bang the gavel.
American schools are screening out too many of our visual and spatial thinkers.
The teacher who was shot was in stable condition on Saturday, the police said, but details surrounding the gun remained unknown.
The man is accused of smashing open the altar of the Subiaco Abbey church with a hammer and stealing the ancient relics inside.
Chief Justice John Roberts did not mention any of the many issues that swirled around the court last year.
Readers laud Dr. Fauci for becoming a trusted voice on medical science. Also: Sandy Hook; a hospital model; learning during the pandemic; military spending.
We are going about education reform all wrong.
State Representative Joe Harding, a sponsor of the law that critics have called “Don’t Say Gay,” is accused of illegally obtaining or trying to obtain more than $150,000 in loans.
Plus, the White House is optimistic about winter.
In a so-called natural experiment, two school districts in Boston maintained masking after mandates had been lifted in others, enabling a unique comparison.
In a vacuum, test score declines look like bad news. But none of this happened in a vacuum.
Local districts decided whether to allow middle schools to use grades in choosing students. The majority chose to keep a less competitive lottery system that began during the pandemic.
The results, from what is known as the nation’s report card, offer the most definitive picture yet of the pandemic’s devastating impact on students.
Benjamin Franklin Elementary in Connecticut overhauled the way it taught — and the way it ran the classroom. Every minute counted.
Readers respond to the latest Russian attacks in Ukraine. Also: The wonders of math; pandemic spending; Republicans and crime.
As school began this year, we sent reporters to find out how much — or how little — has changed since the pandemic changed everything.
In-school tutoring is not a silver bullet. But it may help students and schools reduce some pandemic-related slides in achievement.
The massive expansion of online higher education created a worldwide laboratory to finally assess its value and its future.
From kindergarten through college, educators are experimenting with ways to ease the stress students are facing — not only from the pandemic, but from life itself.
The first standardized test results that capture how most city schoolchildren did during the pandemic offered a mixed picture.
Despite the Covid disruption, school test score declines look pretty modest.
Readers discuss new aspects of the workplace during the pandemic. Also: A political balance; Vladimir Putin and Mikhail Gorbachev; student newspapers.
Readers discuss an investigation into the lack of secular education at New York’s yeshivas. Also: Outdoor dining; climate-crisis deniers.
Definitive statements on open questions isn’t the way.
Unprecedented federal aid could help schools dig out of pandemic problems — if they can figure out how to spend it in time.
“We need to show them: We’re back,” said the head of the principals’ union as children return to school Thursday with Covid restrictions largely ended.
Students are struggling, and not just on standardized tests.
Some of the nation’s poorest pre-K students are the last still under mask mandates, affecting enrollment.
Our democracy sprouts in the nursery of public schools — where students grapple, together, with our messy history and learn to negotiate differences.
I have deep doubts about the intellectual and social value of schooling.
Twelve public school teachers joined Times Opinion to discuss the state of education today.
The results of a national test showed just how devastating the last two years have been for 9-year-old schoolchildren, especially the most vulnerable.
Urgently needed: teachers in struggling districts, certified in math or special education. Perks: maybe a pay raise, or how about a four-day week?
“The Stolen Year,” by Anya Kamenetz, is an account of Covid’s devastating effects on American youth.
Plus the Philippines reopens schools and China raises interest rates.
More than two years after Covid emptied their classrooms, students are resuming in-person learning. The lost time will be hard to make up.
Según los expertos, los niños no tienen riesgo alto de infección. Pero ofrecen consejos para cuidar a todos en el regreso a clases, desde los más pequeños hasta los universitarios.
Experts say children are not at a high risk of infection. But they have advice to keep everyone — from toddlers to college kids — safe.
The city Education Department has ended most Covid restrictions for students, although teachers still have to be vaccinated.
En las nuevas recomendaciones la carga de la protección recae en los individuos. A continuación explicamos cómo proceder.
Readers debate the party’s strategy of supporting far-right G.O.P. candidates it thinks it can beat. Also: Covid and schools; Ukraine’s students; Kansas and abortion.
The new recommendations put the onus on individuals to protect themselves. Here’s how to navigate them.
The new guidelines eliminate quarantines and put less emphasis on social distancing, routine surveillance testing and contact tracing.
The crisis kids face at this point in the pandemic is not the virus but the cost of so many years of disrupted school.
As coronavirus hospitalizations and deaths in New York tick up as a result of the rapidly spreading Omicron subvariant known as BA.5, Gov. Kathy Hochul held her first Covid briefing in months.
As coronavirus hospitalizations and deaths in New York tick up as a result of the rapidly spreading Omicron subvariant known as BA.5, Gov. Kathy Hochul held her first Covid briefing in months.
A new report estimates that it may take students at least three to five years to recover from the pandemic. Federal relief money will most likely have run out by then.
Masks will become optional in Hawaii’s schools when the new academic year starts on Aug. 1, as the state tries for “a more normal classroom experience this fall,” a state health official said.
The city’s teachers, who sued over vaccine requirements, said the judges assigned to the case owned thousands of dollars of Covid-19 vaccine-maker stock, which could affect their rulings.
Young violists and sax players in Brooklyn get reacquainted with their instruments, and with one another: “You have to play in harmony.”
Young violists and sax players in Brooklyn get reacquainted with their instruments, and with one another: “You have to play in harmony.”
New York City is still strongly recommending that masks be worn indoors for people of all ages, however, as new, confirmed coronavirus cases still remain at a high level despite recent declines.
In a Times survey, counselors said students are behind in their abilities to learn, cope and relate.
The moves are a sign that while the academic year may be coming to a close, the pandemic is still not.
With cases rising again, the superintendent said that as the pandemic evolves, “so too will our response to it.”
Today’s culture wars treat teachers like political prisoners or, even worse, the enemy.
The pandemic has supercharged the decline in the nation’s public school system in ways that experts say will not easily be reversed.
Readers ponder an impending horrible milestone. Also: Grief in our times; college debt; policies and public opinion; students’ letters.
Readers call for more openness and discuss judicial restraint and the justices’ religious beliefs. Also: Mask decisions; Twitter’s dark side; skipping school.
New research is showing the high costs of long school closures in some communities.
Readers discuss the Florida Department of Education’s objections to some of the topics in math textbooks. Also: The Ukraine war; mask mandates.