The sociologist Harry Edwards says the N.F.L. and the players union are well positioned to act. Also: The climate bill in Congress; Katie Hills’s legacy; the failure of public schools.
First-generation, low-income students are commandeering one of the college’s historically elitist eating clubs.
First-generation, low-income students are commandeering one of the college’s historically elitist eating clubs.
For years, Angela Terrero was anxious about raising her daughter, Astrid. Then she found a children’s center that supported them both.
Smartphones and other devices have long been maligned as distractions in university classrooms. But when employed strategically, many educators find them useful.
A group of students and advocacy groups says the standardized testing requirement is biased and unconstitutional.
A reader who is also a McKinsey alum explains that the young Pete Buttigieg would have had little choice in what he worked on. Also: Ending a life full of pain; the art of managing one’s time.
東京大学の女子学生の数は、この20年間、全体の20%ほどで推移している。男女の不均衡は多くのトップレベルの大学に共通している。
東京大学の女子学生の数は、この20年間、全体の20%ほどで推移している。男女の不均衡は多くのトップレベルの大学に共通している。
東京大学の女子学生の数は、この20年間、全体の20%ほどで推移している。男女の不均衡は多くのトップレベルの大学に共通している。
Enrollment of women at the University of Tokyo has remained about 20 percent for years, an imbalance that extends across many top Japanese colleges.
I know Karens are hard. As a member of Gen X, I grew up surrounded by them.
Nearly two dozen kindergartners gave testimonials in a Michigan courtroom about how much they loved the soon-to-be-adopted boy.
When it comes to race, “It’s always like ‘O.K., but now we’re going to start the lesson on peas,’’’ a biology teacher said. A study will test a new approach.
It was one of the most ambitious education efforts in United States history. Did it fail? Or does it just need more time to succeed?
Hand-clapping games are played in schoolyards everywhere, in every language. Eventually they find their way to New York City.
Darnell, 8, lives in a shelter in Queens. Sandivel, 10, shares a bedroom with her mother and four brothers in Brooklyn.
The state’s reliance on cognitive science explains why.
Learning how to put issues, texts and ideas into larger contexts by exploring the links between them.
How have decades of attempted reform, and billions of dollars, failed to improve students’ performance across the country?
And why are birthrates dropping?
Federal student loan financing has become an “untamed beast,” the education secretary said.
After the Program for International Student Assessment results revealed that American students weren’t progressing in reading and math, readers highlighted what they thought were issues in the education system.
An international exam shows that American 15-year-olds are stagnant in reading and math even though the country has spent billions to close gaps with the rest of the world.
More than 300 students at the selective public high school, one of New York City’s most prestigious, protested its admissions policies.
Cada mañana, antes de decidir si van a cruzar la puerta de una primaria, los chicos preguntan a los profesores si ese día habrá comida.
The student, who was in stable condition, had pointed the gun at officers at Waukesha South High School, officials said.
Federally funded programs use games, gardens and rain barrels to empower adults and kids facing threats like sea-level rise, drought and flooding.
The substitute teacher was fired from a Utah public school. One of the boy’s parents, Louis van Amstel of “Dancing With the Stars,” wondered how she had become a teacher in the first place.
The high school yearbook is a staple of American teenage life. But for some, it also is a reminder of failed dreams, lost opportunities and the sheer toll of the opioid crisis.
Children ask teachers at the entrance of one struggling primary school if there is food before deciding whether to come in.
A Texas state agency ruled in favor of the teacher after an independent examiner said tweets she sent to the president were free speech.
The winners of this year’s Nobel in economics did pioneering field experiments that sometimes didn’t work as expected.
A federal loan forgiveness program made a promise to students: Stick with your vital but low-wage professions and your debts will be wiped clean. Then they weren’t.
How much good does a preschool experience offer children born in poverty? Enough to make their later lives much better, and they pass a heritage of opportunity on to their own children.
A takeover of the state’s largest school district has led to lawsuits and accusations that minority voters are being ignored. At the center of it are a majority-black high school and a member of the Class of 1961.
The journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault discusses a “worrisome development” in our democracy. Also: Child labor and chocolate; the suffering in Venezuela; Virginia’s energy policy.
When you need a book that’s high in quality but low in page count, try these standouts.
Once children start reading independently, the right short books will help them practice reading while keeping them entertained.
Babies love books — like these — that show them their own world.
The New York Times selected people from all over the world who are pushing the boundaries in their fields, from business and technology to culture and sports.
The front-runners for the presidential nomination are moving away from the charter school movement, and black and Latino families ask why their concerns are lost.
An advocacy group says it has documented systematic sexual abuse by teachers, principals and other authorities of dozens of boys in one rural area.
That goal, Sebastiana Lopez says, is worth the grind of six days a week leading her crew team. “I know this will help me get there.”
A California school district said it was investigating and apologized if students felt “discomfort” about what happened.
Many educators feel ill-equipped for the urgent and difficult task of identifying students exposed to extremist material online.
The “extremely contagious” virus forced a school district to close all of its schools for the first time, officials said.
He documented the often overlooked contributions of black people in books for young adults, helping to refashion social studies curriculums across the country.
Jeff Duncan-Andrade, an associate professor at San Francisco State University, is driving a public conversation challenging traditional assumptions about how to reform schools.
School districts and communities across the country are wrestling with this question. What do you think should happen?
Following Darnell and Sandivel, we were yawning by lunchtime. But they’re in elementary school, and they do it every day.
People who never learned to read and write may be at increased risk for dementia.
They can start by engaging on the issue of education.
The number of homeless students has swelled by 70 percent over the past decade. For Darnell and Sandy, school is the only stable place they know.
Even though STEM job prospects are slim in the 2050s, science education shouldn’t be reduced to an elective.
We can’t dismiss good ideas because they don’t fit into neat ideological boxes or don’t personally affect some of the louder, more privileged voices in the party.
For those who can afford it, a $200 newsletter has tips that can help them get literally at the front of the line for the city's elite public schools.
Research has shown that more than 37 percent of school districts have adopted drug-testing policies, but whether they lead to reduced rates of substance abuse is unclear, one expert said.
The form opens the door to student aid. But it’s “a terrible measure of what people can actually afford,” one expert said. And many families will be asked to pay more, anyway.
Many families wait too long to open accounts and lose out on a chance to let their money grow more, Morningstar reported.
The high stakes of high school admissions in New York — and the lengths some go to get any small advantage.
The high stakes of high school admissions in New York — and the lengths some go to get any small advantage.
The attack at Saugus High School in California on Thursday is at least the 11th this year on a high school or college campus, which have resulted in at least six deaths.
Parents need better options for after-school care, but longer school days may not be the answer.