Gov. Philip D. Murphy said vaccinations, declining case rates and protocols wouldn’t require a virtual option.
After a year like no other for schools across the country, Michael Barbaro and “The Daily” team celebrate commencement with the students and faculty of “Odessa.”
Mayor Bill de Blasio must soon make crucial decisions about medical waivers for teachers, remote schooling and social distancing for September.
Two districts in Afghanistan’s northwest offer a glimpse into life under the Taliban, who have completely cut off education for teenage girls.
Readers offer advice for parents, students and schools, such as modifying expectations, taking a gap year and de-emphasizing grades.
The announcement sought to clarify the surprise recommendation that vaccinated people could largely stop wearing masks in most cases.
Afghanistan shows that change comes through teachers as well as troops.
Reporting on the impact of the pandemic, I had hoped to gain a deeper understanding of teenagers’ pain. But I received much more than that.
The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission removed Gov. Kevin Stitt from the panel just days after he had signed a bill that banned the teaching of certain concepts about race.
A reporter’s embed with a high school class tells the story of this interrupted, destabilizing school year.
The president of ArchCare says nursing homes and health aides are not the only options. Also: Farewell to virtual school.
Opinion writers and outside contributors give their rankings of the Democratic contenders for "the second toughest job in America."
Here are the mayoral candidates in their own words, so voters can make up their own minds.
Nicole Pyles, 16, of Durham, N.C., says that a rule banning the use of hair beads by student athletes is discriminatory.
The C.D.C. said vaccinated Americans may stop wearing masks in most indoor and outdoor settings.
A group of high school students try desperately to make it through an isolated and dire year.
About half the nation’s schools are not fully open despite rising vaccination levels, and teachers’ unions are getting much of the blame. Randi Weingarten hopes to carve a path forward.
Immunizations will quickly begin nationwide, officials predicted.
Jobs, language barriers and hard-won coronavirus pandemic routines are just some of the reasons that children aren’t going back to classrooms in districts that have reopened.
The push to vaccinate teens.
He favored phonics to teach reading and grouping students with different aptitudes rather than by age or grade.
The Pennsylvania teachers’ retirement fund put more than half its assets into risky alternative investments. The math didn’t work out, spurring an investigation.
A new rule coming from the Biden administration will allow “all students” to tap into some $36 billion in emergency stimulus funds flowing to colleges, including direct grants for those most in need.
My memoir could teach teenagers how to exit an abusive relationship. So why don't some parents want their children to read it?
Scientists say the science adviser needs funding commensurate with the challenges facing the country. Also: Remote learning in the pandemic; time to close Gitmo.
A bomb attack that killed scores of schoolgirls, members of a long-persecuted minority, offered still more evidence that Afghanistan may be on the verge of unraveling.
In addition to the disciplinary action they have faced, the boys’ mother said that at least one of her three sons has been bullied because of the shirts.
Even as fears of the coronavirus abate, many students are continuing to opt out of in-person learning. Some school leaders are trying to woo — or push — them back.
A collection of essays curated by the Well desk features mothers acknowledging their special talents. Here, some of the team members join in.
The winners of our student letter-writing competition offer opinions about anti-Asian bias, police brutality, financial literacy, meatless meat and more.
The rosters showing where seniors are headed say little about the role that money and value played in their decisions.
After months at home, some children may feel anxious about going to school or camp. Here’s how to smooth the transition.
As the city reopens, parents, teachers and students remain stuck in a hybrid-learning holding pattern.
Haven't kids lost enough this year?
The Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine is expected to be approved next week for children 12 to 15, and the federal government says more than half of K-8 schools are open full-time for in-person learning.
Advice for the congresswoman, as Republicans try to disown her. Also: A lack of diversity at New York City's specialized high schools; a break at Coney Island.
At Yale, a colleague said, he showed “there was a way to compete hard and well in financial markets, but to have our lives be about something that mattered more.”
Moms spend a lot of time cataloging their failures. This Mother’s Day, revel in your talents.
In a social media post about visa applications, the consular section in Beijing posed a question that some critics called racist.
Adolescents could soon be eligible for Covid-19 vaccines, making full, in-person school even more likely.
Working on the audio documentary “Odessa” gave one producer a painful look at the post-lockdown emotional struggles of teenagers.
Without home internet, Jordyn Coleman has had trouble staying connected to remote classes during the coronavirus pandemic.
After decades on assembly lines, she brought the same affection she showed her family to the students she watched over as they headed to school. She died of Covid-19.
In Texas oil country, a photographer captures one high school’s struggle to reopen during the pandemic — and witnesses the region’s resilience.
“My school is giving too much work,” a 10th grader wrote during the pandemic. “At first, this was just a break from school, but now all I feel is stress, anxiety and pain.”
“The Secret History of Home Economics,” by Danielle Dreilinger, relates the surprising story of a discipline rooted in practical science and clever innovation.
Biden doesn't rile up the grassroots. Critical race theory does.
Should bipartisan talks stall, the Senate majority leader is exploring trying to use budget reconciliation to legalize millions of undocumented immigrants.
A video taken by the girl’s mother captured the principal striking the first-grader three times with a paddle at an elementary school in a district that doesn’t allow corporal punishment.
Richard Cordray, the consumer financial protection chief under President Barack Obama, will now head the federal student aid office in the Education Department.
As Sweet Sixteens, proms and graduation ceremonies were disrupted or canceled, kids turned their losses into opportunities for new traditions with friends.
Centner Academy barred teachers newly vaccinated against the coronavirus from being near students. Some parents threatened to withdraw their children. Others clamored to enroll.
Dan-el Padilla Peralta thinks classicists should knock ancient Greece and Rome off their pedestal — even if that means destroying their discipline.
My hometown in Oregon shows what the federal government can do — and also what happens when it stops trying.
It will take policy failure, not just off-putting rhetoric, for the new progressivism to doom Democrats.
The New Jersey high school teacher, Howard Zlotkin, has been suspended with pay after appearing to target Black students in an online class.
The businessman, who made a fortune in home-building and insurance, spent lavishly to try to make the city a cultural capital.
The minority leader joined Republicans in protesting a proposal to promote teaching about systemic racism and the consequences of slavery, saying it would indoctrinate students with “a slanted story.”
What we heard during the Biden administration’s first sprint in office. Plus, a dispatch from Odessa, Texas.
A mental health crisis has set in at Odessa High School and some students struggle to envision a world beyond the pandemic. But for one night, the marching band tried to forget about the coronavirus.
A mental health crisis sets in at Odessa High School and some students struggle to envision a world beyond the pandemic. But for one night, the marching band tries to forget about the coronavirus.
Working on the audio documentary “Odessa” gave one producer a painful look at the post-lockdown emotional struggles of teenagers.
We're finally on the cusp of a humane family policy.
Biden gets family policy half right.
Once again, tiny numbers of Black and Latino students received offers to attend New York City’s elite public high schools.
Once again, tiny numbers of Black and Latino students received offers to attend New York City’s elite public high schools.
Helping families will help create jobs.
President Biden’s proposal calls for community college to be free for all Americans, which may relieve some of the burdens saddling low-income and working-class college students.
After this pandemic year, several superintendents across the country are leaving their jobs.
The proposed American Families Plan would expand access to education and child care. It would be financed partly through higher taxes on the wealthiest Americans.
Students with autism in two neighboring New Jersey towns have had far different access to in-person school.
Seth Andrew, who served in the Obama administration, stole more than $200,000 to help him buy a $2 million Manhattan apartment, prosecutors said.
Written by four teenagers, the books aim to open up conversations about young people who are transgender or nonbinary.
Centner Academy advertises its support for “medical freedom from mandated vaccines,” and has recently hosted talks by antivaccine advocates.
Even before the coronavirus hit, Italy had among the worst dropout rates in Europe. But closed schools and online classes have pushed students out in ever higher numbers.
Next up? Early childhood education.
There is an effective approach to breaking the preschool-to-prison pipeline.
Here are some tips on appealing your offer, especially if your finances have changed. Schools “are keenly aware” of flexibility needs, one expert says.
We’d like to hear student opinions about what’s in the news. Write a letter to the editor in response to a recent article, and yours may be chosen for publication.
The Republican governor said the legislation, which would restrict lessons on sexual orientation and gender identity, was “overly broad and vague.”
Austin Beutner, who turned down a contract extension, was both praised and criticized for how he managed the nation’s second-largest public school system through a series of crises.
The superintendent of Broward County Public Schools, Robert W. Runcie, was arrested as part of a criminal investigation following the Parkland school shooting in 2018.
After a tumultuous year, classrooms are talking about the murder of George Floyd.
There’s no right way to come of age, especially for a child of immigrants.
I don’t know how I feel about adulthood, so I called my middle school friends.
The schools will shift to remote learning from Wednesday through Friday, but if the schedule in the Derek Chauvin trial changes, the district will “re-evaluate, adjust plans,” a letter to parents said.
Une simulation des flux d’air dans une vraie salle de classe à New York montre que des mesures simples de ventilation peuvent réduire le risque d’exposition au coronavirus.
Few counties in the United States meet the C.D.C.’s guidelines to avoid major restrictions on reopening schools, according to a New York Times analysis.
Una simulación del flujo de aire en un aula real de la ciudad de Nueva York muestra que la simple ventilación y la filtración pueden reducir la probabilidad de exposición al coronavirus.
A simulation of airflow in a real New York City classroom shows how simple ventilation and filtration can reduce the probability of coronavirus exposure.
A deal between the city and its teachers' union cleared the way for prekindergarten and special needs students. More will follow.
A look at this week’s news from the team tracking the coronavirus.
Even in states where teachers are allowed to get shots, a sudden expansion of vaccine eligibility, combined with a limited supply of doses, has made it difficult for some to make appointments.
There are 13,000 school districts in the U.S. Here is how some are faring.
To keep your little ones occupied, look no further than the world of podcasts. Here are a few ideas for kids ages 2 to 6.
From the basement apartment she shares with her mom, Taniya Ria is one of tens of thousands of students who spent time trying to navigate remote learning on a phone.
Bianca Barragán is counting on her children’s bilingual education program to teach them English. From afar, that’s a challenge.
Remote learning is extra hard for millions of students who lack reliable internet at home. Wi-Fi buses are the solution in this Michigan community.
The U.S. military’s past battles with Infectious disease have helped it fight off coronavirus.
Mayor Bill de Blasio canceled the start of in-person classes for the country’s largest school system just three days before they were set to begin, sowing even more confusing among parents and educators.
Racism is at the heart of our nation’s inequality.
You want to read more but are having a hard time staying focused? This list will help keep you on track.
Our cities’ teachers on how children’s neighborhoods at birth shape their lives.
A city poised on the edge of Europe and the rest of the world became the incubator for talents like Dries Van Noten, Luc Tuymans and Ann Demeulemeester.
Facing the threat of the coronavirus, schools around the country are trying a new experiment in distance learning on a mass scale. We followed one family through the experience.
Here is a growing list of public and private schools, as well as colleges and universities, that have suspended or altered classes in the local effort to curb the outbreak.