At first it seemed unthinkable that the school’s spring musical, “Alice in Wonderland,” would happen. But school leaders quickly decided that it should go on.
As an American and as a Jew I regard the right to dissent as a patriotic duty.
In a petition, alumni, faculty and members of the public asked Harvard to stand up to the White House. The school has signaled a willingness to pay $500 million to restore research funds.
The Trump administration had asked states to certify that their schools did not practice “illegal D.E.I.” and threatened to cut off billions of dollars from schools that did not comply.
Officials and volunteers patrolled areas around schools, part of an effort to warn families about potential raids and reassure them that their children were safe at school.
Make-ahead burritos, easy chickpea salad, baked chicken meatballs and more tasty lunch ideas for little bodies with long days.
What bots are really doing in the classroom.
Mayor Adams cast the upswing as evidence of efforts to improve instruction, while rivals in the mayoral race argued that teachers need better training.
Yes, it still makes plenty of mistakes, but it has become part of the job for many.
Zohran Mamdani wants to retain the power to name the schools chancellor but would like parents and teachers to have a greater voice.
Readers respond to a guest essay about illiteracy. Also: The autocrat’s playbook.
The school, called BBS, enrolled 14 children in kindergarten through fourth grade and employed three full-time teachers and other staff members.
Zohran Mamdani has not released a detailed plan for public education, but his biggest proposal centers on weakening mayoral control and giving power to teachers and parents.
The Trump administration has scrutinized colleges over their handling of antisemitism. The new investigation suggested the government was widening its focus.
Plus, remembering “the Willy Wonka of cheese.”
A decline in the number of children and rise in the number of choices has created a crisis for public schools. Some are trying new strategies to recruit students.
Se ha ordenado incluso a empleados públicos de bajo nivel, como profesores de primaria y enfermeras, que entreguen sus pasaportes, para imponer “disciplina”.
Before 9/11, she ran a dry cleaning business in Massachusetts; in the aftermath, she returned home after decades away to educate young girls.
A moderate group that has tried to rally Democrats around school choice faces divisions over private-school vouchers.
These back-to-school reads will help children tackle first-day nerves, new teachers, letters, numbers and more.
Even low-level government employees like elementary school teachers and nurses have been ordered to hand in their passports, to enforce “discipline.”
Readers respond to a guest essay by Jennifer Frey about the University of Tulsa’s Honors College.
Generations of Americans who struggled to complete a pull-up in front of their classmates winced as President Trump announced that he was reinstating the annual assessment.
Parents of children in kindergarten through high school are spending an average of $144, and that’s coming as families are feeling financial stress.
The city’s eight specialized high schools are regarded as crown jewels but also symbols of segregation. The number of Black and Hispanic students admitted to them dipped slightly from last year.
Readers object to Trump administration actions on climate change. Also: The Israel-Gaza war; a defense of home-schooling.
The deal, which will require Brown to spend $50 million, comes after two other Ivy League schools negotiated with the Trump administration to restore millions in research dollars.
Son malas noticias para nuestras democracias.
The university was accused of racial discrimination in its health care system, the latest high-profile school targeted and stripped of federal funding.
The government can request the employment eligibility verification forms related to citizenship and immigration status as a matter of course, but Harvard was surprised to receive such a voluminous demand.
En una escuela de Texas, los alumnos dedican solo dos horas diarias al estudio, dirigidos por herramientas de inteligencia artificial.
Readers object to an executive order sanitizing troubling aspects of U.S. history. Also: “Dangerously irresponsible” policies; a home-schooling lag.
Phones will have to be stored while students are in school. And that doesn’t mean they can be placed in backpacks.
That’s bad news for our democracies.
Readers respond to a guest essay by Meghan O’Rourke about artificial intelligence. Also: Port and privacy; the G.O.P. vs. NPR.
At Austin’s Alpha School, students spend just two hours a day on academics, led by artificial intelligence tools. New Alpha schools are set to open in about a dozen cities this fall.
The pandemic supercharged interest. Now, a cultural and political emphasis on women staying at home is continuing to fuel growth.
President Trump’s new policy law has broadened the uses of plans that were once primarily for saving for college. “They’ve become education savings accounts,” one expert said.
The Trump administration had faced growing pressure from within his own party to release the money.
An official in the northwestern state of Rajasthan said that heavy rain had pooled on the roof before it fell in.
We’re looking in the wrong places for answers to boys’ struggles.
Nearly all of the 31 killed when a Bangladeshi fighter jet crashed were children. Dozens more were being treated in burn centers as the nation declared a day of mourning.
A hearing in Boston on Monday is expected to shape the future of negotiations between the White House and the nation’s oldest university.
Politicians used to care how much students learn. Now, to find a defense of educational excellence, we have to look beyond politics.
The Trump administration abruptly cut states’ access to Covid pandemic funding for school programs, saying they’d had enough time to spend it.
The Oklahoma Board of Education recently approved a new, more conservative social studies agenda that has irked even some Republicans.
Five years after the global Covid pandemic was declared, there is widespread agreement that closing classrooms was devastating for children. Here is what leaders say they may do next time.
An estimated 15 colleges still required Covid vaccines for students as of late last year. No states require K-12 students to get the shots.
We explain the ways students haven’t recovered.
With little post-pandemic recovery, experts wonder if screen time and school absence are among the causes.
On the test, American fourth and eighth graders posted results similar to scores from 1995. It was a sign of notable stagnation, even as other countries saw improvements.
Voters in the Virginia suburbs shifted toward Trump. Some said they were still frustrated by pandemic closures and fights over gender, race and testing in schools.
Covid learning loss and chronic absenteeism aren’t going to fix themselves
There are some signs of resurging office attendance since Labor Day, and some companies are demanding that workers show up five days a week.
Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.
Republicans are already seeking to link Vice President Kamala Harris to pandemic school closures, which local teachers’ unions pushed to extend.
Teachers this year saw the effects of the pandemic’s stress and isolation on young students: Some can barely speak, sit still or even hold a pencil.
Federal pandemic aid helped keep school districts afloat, but that money is coming to an end.
Two new studies suggest that the largest single federal investment in U.S. schools improved student test scores, but only modestly.
Norms on attendance have changed, but it’s about more than Covid-era school closings.
Over the past decade, many more schools started to offer free meals to all children, regardless of family income.
Readers discuss the reasons for the spike since the pandemic and how to lure students back.
How the pandemic changed families’ lives and the culture of education.
Incidents of student misconduct have risen in New York City since pandemic disruptions, though serious crimes in schools have decreased.
The more time students spent in remote instruction, the further they fell behind. And, experts say, extended closures did little to stop the spread of Covid.
Two readers call for more federal funding for care of the sick and the elderly. Also: Data on drivers; Covid lessons; diversity in college admissions.
Readers’ personal stories about how devastating it can be. Also: Redeeming cans to make a living; teacher shortages; religion at the border; lounging in bed.
In some districts, teachers are taking more sick days since the pandemic. A shortage of substitutes can make matters worse.
The chancellor said the “school system is more than prepared.” But when it was time to log on, many students could not.
Una demanda acusó al estado de no proporcionar una educación equitativa a estudiantes de bajos ingresos, negros e hispanos durante la pandemia.
A lawsuit accused the state of failing to provide an equal education to lower-income, Black and Hispanic students during the pandemic.
Look up data from the first detailed national study of learning loss and academic recovery since the pandemic.
What role may public health officials have played in fostering public distrust of them?
Assessing the academic skills of elementary and middle school students matters more than ever.
A sign that our Covid policies were not so out of line.
A new study found that California schools got positive results from a targeted investment in the science of reading — even with the challenges of pandemic recovery.
Mississippi has long had high childhood immunization rates, but a federal judge has ordered the state to allow parents to opt out on religious grounds.
The surge in offerings is a response to the pandemic, which revealed glaring income inequality, as well as inflation and the resumption of student loan payments, an expert said.
Portland students have struggled with absenteeism since the pandemic,
The effects of the pandemic on children are persistent and require urgent attention.
Schools reopened after the pandemic, but student attendance has not bounced back.
New federal data from the 2020-2021 school year shows the reach of online learning, the struggle to hire teachers and the lack of counselors.
Schools run by the Defense Department educate 66,000 children of civilian employees and service members.
And it’s damaging a generation.
The city faces billions in financial pressures in the coming years that threaten to worsen inequality across the nation’s largest school system.
It’s time to start asking if the culture wars actually matter to voters.
Apoorva Mandavilli, a health and science reporter for The New York Times, traveled across the country to learn how educators are preparing for the next pandemic.
Heavy reliance on online remote learning during the pandemic drew attention away from more equitable ways of teaching children at home, a UNESCO report says.
Attendance at school has come to feel more optional than it did before the pandemic.
Let’s bring back an era of accountability.
The epidemiologist Katelyn Jetelina takes stock of school closures, mask mandates and the pandemic response.
How to get cleaner air in the nation's school buildings.
Scientists and educators are searching for ways to improve air quality in the nation’s often dilapidated school buildings.
Over the years, Mr. DeSantis embraced and exploited his Ivy League credentials. Now he is reframing his experiences at Yale and Harvard to wage a vengeful political war.
Too few schools have used Covid relief funds to improve air quality properly.
Despite billions in federal aid, students are not making up ground in reading and math: “We are actually seeing evidence of backsliding.”
The results are the federal government’s last major data release on the academic effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
Pandemic aid was supposed to help students recover from learning loss, but results have been mixed.
Readers discuss how schools can help students who’ve fallen behind since the pandemic. Also: Jail reform; mercy for death row inmates; Dianne Feinstein.
The United States’ struggle to respond to the virus has highlighted the importance of communicating with the public, sharing data and stockpiling vital supplies.
Honest reflection is essential to ensure that the nation’s response to the next pandemic is better.
The latest test results continue a nearly decade-long decline. Try a sample quiz to test your knowledge.
Long school closures have put public education — and Randi Weingarten, the leader of a major teachers’ union — on the defensive.
In his most extensive interview yet, Anthony Fauci wrestles with the hard lessons of the pandemic — and the decisions that will define his legacy.
Under a bill that is expected to pass, employers won’t be able to turn down applicants because they are overweight.
As the nation’s schools ‘return to normal,’ teachers in an L.A. neighborhood hit hard by Covid are left to manage their students’ grief — and their own.
The group discusses social media, the return to in-person schooling and their hopes and fears for the future.
Covid disrupted education, and now the task is to build something new.
Readers react to an editorial urging employers to consider skills and experience, not just degrees. Also: Long Covid; Trump, RINO; online romance scams.
Learning delays and regressions were most severe in developing countries and among children from low-income backgrounds. And students still haven’t caught up.
A federal benefit guaranteeing free school meals to millions more students has expired as food prices have risen. Many families are feeling the pinch.
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.