A simulation of airflow in a real New York City classroom shows the risks of coronavirus infection and how simple ventilation and filtration can reduce the probability of exposure.
Meisha Porter, a New York City native, must lead a return to traditional, in-person learning after the pandemic left many of the city’s one million students in virtual classes.
The more students fall behind in the pandemic, the less likely they are to feel that they can catch up.
Richard Carranza’s departure, planned for mid-March, comes after repeated clashes with Mayor Bill de Blasio over how to desegregate the city’s schools.
Richard A. Carranza, chancellor of New York City public schools, said on Friday he would resign in March. The move follows repeated clashes between the chancellor and Mayor Bill de Blasio on school desegregation policy.
We spent six months documenting one Texas high school’s reopening. This is what it looked like.
A struggling school system. An oil bust. A marching band determined to keep playing through a pandemic. This is the story of one Texas high school in crisis — and trying to reopen its doors.
A struggling school system. An oil bust. A marching band determined to keep playing through a pandemic. This is the story of one Texas high school in crisis — and trying to reopen its doors.
Hong Kong schools reported a surge in colds when students resumed in-person learning. Here’s what it means for kids in the U.S., and what parents can do to prepare.
Her Bloomingdale Family Program provided preschoolers with a haven where there hadn’t been one before. It became a model for similar efforts under Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty.
Experts say some symptoms, especially in women, are mistaken for other conditions such as mood disorders or depression.
This documentary gives middle school children a chance to show their experiences.
As many as three million children have gotten no education for nearly a year.
Through new lesson plans and expensive publishing projects, the government hopes to teach future generations a curated lesson about the city’s past.
Imani Bell, 16, collapsed while running up stadium steps in “extreme heat,” according to a complaint filed on Wednesday.
Los encierros pandémicos han revelado la magnitud de las tareas que se realizan en el hogar y la enorme desigualdad que generan. El nuevo reto del movimiento feminista es lograr que se redistribuyan y remuneren de manera justa.
A plan to rename schools that honored people like Washington, Lincoln and Jefferson was put on hold after criticism of the plan and, particularly, its timing amid the pandemic.
Many of us already live with artificial intelligence now, but researchers say interactions with the technology will become increasingly personalized.
The real question for Democrats is how to get every student a good education.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson introduced a “road map” to end lockdown restrictions, the tentative first steps in a long-awaited plan to ease a nationwide lockdown prompted by a highly contagious variant of the coronavirus.
Unaware their conversation was public, district trustees in Oakley, Calif., suggested that parents eager for schools to reopen merely wanted “their babysitters back.”
These are the real wizards of the literary world.
Gov. Gavin Newsom said on Friday that, starting on March 1, California will set aside 10 percent of the state’s first doses of Covid-19 vaccine for educators and school employees.
The administration’s guidance for sending kids back to the classroom is far too restrictive.
Medical schools are producing more graduates, but residency programs haven’t kept up, leaving thousands of young doctors “chronically unmatched” and deep in debt.
Medical schools are producing more graduates, but residency programs haven’t kept up, leaving thousands of young doctors “chronically unmatched” and deep in debt.
In a split ruling, a court in Osaka ordered the school to pay some damages for emotional distress, but it said the rule that students’ hair must be black did not violate regulations.
An education program is immersing underprivileged students in Ivy League classes, and the students’ success has raised questions about how elite university gatekeepers determine college prospects.
After showing political clout in the 2020 election, tribal communities are hoping for more attention and money to address their long-running problems with poverty, health care and other issues.
Joel Dias-Porter has crafted a modern elegy for gun violence's victims.
The program, designed to reduce “period poverty,” will begin in June.
After two decades of failure, advocates for the broadest possible overhaul of the nation’s immigration laws are considering a new strategy: pressing for piecemeal legislation.
A massive storm shut down electricity, closed schools and halted food delivery, adding more stress for students and teachers in the South and Midwest.
Oregon is a case study in how Pacific Coast cities are lagging the country in resuming in-person teaching.
Los Angeles will eliminate a third of its school police officers, joining cities like Seattle, Denver and Minneapolis that took action after Black Lives Matter protests.
En muchos lugares de Estados Unidos hay debates agitados sobre la reapertura de las escuelas. Pero en una encuesta la mayoría de los especialistas estuvieron de acuerdo en que no hacen falta vacunas para reabrir las primarias.
The characteristics of a rhombus. The limits of parental authority. Gratitude.
Perhaps because I had a teacher who made reading aloud into ceremony, ritual and compelling drama, I grew up to find my cause in pediatricians’ promoting reading aloud at checkups.
In an interview, Ms. Lightfoot talked about how she hoped to rebuild trust in the system and eventually reopen high schools.
Through years of terror and of calm, a small museum program has brought 10-year-olds from both sides together.
Elementary schools have been open for months. As the city prepares to reopen middle schools, problems remain, but there is also cause for optimism.
A childhood friend’s deadly mistakes prompt reflection on our country’s — and my own.
The new C.D.C. guidance for bringing children back to class is a good first step, but it’ll take more to safely teach every student in person, every day.
In “Strange Bedfellows,” Ina Park offers a humane and humorous rundown of sexually transmitted infections, with the hope of reducing the shame that accompanies them.
Amid an acrid national controversy, the agency proposed detailed criteria for returning students to classrooms.
As President Biden struggles to keep his pledge to reopen schools in 100 days, Republicans in Congress are hammering at the issue as a way to win back alienated women and suburban voters.
The federal government’s new guidance for reopening classrooms does not require teachers to be vaccinated first.
As the White House struggles to flesh out President Biden’s promise to reopen schools within 100 days, aides have found themselves steadily lowering expectations.
In many places, the debates over reopening are fraught. But in a survey, experts broadly agreed that elementary schools didn’t need vaccines to open safely.
A deal between the city and its teachers' union cleared the way for prekindergarten and special needs students. More will follow.
If progressivism can’t work there, why should the country believe it can work anywhere else?
Can they help their more cautious members get to “yes” on returning to classrooms?
I thought I would have until our first grader went off to college before I would feel such anxiety.
The Biden administration is determined to restart in-person learning quickly. But there are some major hurdles.
Some teachers and students got sick. Principals had to improvise constantly. But it worked — mostly.
Ms. Rivera was Columbia Prep’s receptionist, and emanated empathy, tough love and comfort to students, faculty and parents alike at the New York City school. She died of complications of Covid-19.
The city’s teachers union approved a deal that would send a first wave of students back to classrooms this week.
Tens of thousands of middle school students will be able to return to classrooms later this month for at least part of the week.
As the resolute head of the city’s teachers union, she led a seven-day strike in 2012 and often butted heads with Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
The Maria Montessori Academy, a charter school in North Ogden, allowed parents to opt their students out. But after an outcry and discussions with the parents, it changed course.
Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York announced on Monday that middle schools will be reopened to students starting Feb. 25 after being closed since November due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The decision will put about 62,000 more students back in classrooms, meaning that a quarter of the city’s 1 million public school students will be learning in person by March.
About 62,000 students who signed up for in-person classes last year will be able to return to classrooms starting Feb. 25.
In cities and suburbs where schools remain closed, teachers unions are often saying: not yet. Can Randi Weingarten change that?
Maybe it’s a good thing that we’re more focused on Biden. Or maybe we’ve just given up.
If approved, the deal would avert a strike and allow some students to receive in-person instruction starting this week.
Numerous obstacles make extending the school year a tough proposition, but the Biden administration wants to put billions behind it as a way of offsetting pandemic-era learning losses.
Gov. Ralph Northam of Virginia said on Friday that schools across the state should begin to offer in-person classes by March 15, adding that many students were suffering academically and emotionally.
A reader praises her vote to impeach Donald Trump. Also: Renaming San Francisco schools; discrimination against Black girls; food pop-ups and safety.
A look at this week’s news from the team tracking the coronavirus.
The government unveiled an animated video about the national security law as part of a broader curriculum overhaul for schools.
A lawsuit against the University of Tennessee questions when schools can discipline students because of their online speech.
The Education Ministry plans to beef up gym classes after a top official said female teachers and pop culture had made boys “weak, inferior and timid.”
How some employers and governments are supporting working parents.
This isn’t just about burnout, it’s about betrayal.
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.
The ugly fight between the city and its teachers’ union has frustrated parents, even those who want to keep their children home.
Is it any wonder that plenty of people are tempted to borrow a whole lot of money to send their kids to college?
My chronic illness made it hard to volunteer at my kids’ school. Now I can serve on the executive board of the P.T.A. without leaving my bed.
If you want to know what worries conservatives, look at California.
Spoons Across America has created a nine-class Food Exploration Project, suitable for students ages 8 to 11.
Deep-seated mistrust among Black families toward their public school districts is holding back school reopening, even as Black children suffer inordinately from remote learning.
New York found itself in the midst of a nor’easter that was on track to be one of the city’s heaviest storms ever.
Readers, including a teacher, say it’s still not safe. Also: Upset about the Postal Service.
She gave 5- and 6-year-olds an early introduction to classical music and museum art — and taught them where milk comes from. She died of complications of Covid-19.,
When normal life recedes, ideology fills the vacuum.
They have shaken communities and upended the school reopening debate.
A new formula will no longer offer a break to many parents who have multiple children in college at the same time, experts say.
By deferring decisions on desegregating schools, Mayor Bill de Blasio has pushed those choices onto his successor — and into the race to replace him.
The campus with the worst outbreak of any public college in New York is set to begin in-person classes on Monday. Some students, parents and faculty members weren’t happy about it.
The monthly section devoted to children started by following one of its principles: Don’t sugarcoat the news
Incredulous parents and the mayor criticized the school board’s decision to change the names of 44 schools that honor historical figures like Jefferson, Lincoln and Paul Revere.
Teacher resistance is a disaster for the most vulnerable.
Through a day of role-playing, a group of students get an eye-opening introduction to the careers that may await them.
Through a day of role-playing, a group of students get an eye-opening introduction to the careers that may await them.
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.
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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.