Cuts have hit most of the department’s main functions, which include investigating civil rights complaints, providing financial aid, researching what works in education, testing students and dispersing federal funding.
Providers say after-school programs and other services for the coming school year are threatened without the federal money, which was abruptly withheld.
Mr. Trump’s ideological war on universities is putting students, professors and scientists under pressure. That could undermine the global dominance that American science has enjoyed for decades.
We had different ideas about what’s making men’s lives hard.
A hundred years later, many religious Americans in rural areas still feel that the cosmopolitan leaders of the Democratic Party look down on them.
Saneel Boodram was removed from the school after officials heard of the allegations. Manhattan prosecutors are seeking parents who think their children might have been harmed.
The Justice Department filed a lawsuit against two California agencies, accusing them of violating Title IX by allowing transgender athletes to compete in girls’ sports.
Microsoft said it would provide cash, artificial intelligence tools and computing services to schools, colleges and nonprofit groups.
Los cocineros de un jardín de niños utilizaron pigmentos no comestibles para decorar bollos y pasteles, dijeron las autoridades. Ocho funcionarios y empleados de la escuela fueron detenidos.
We explain how schools are using artificial intelligence.
The kindergarten’s cooks used inedible pigments to decorate buns and cakes, the authorities said. Eight school officials and employees were detained.
The American Federation of Teachers said it would use the $23 million, including $500,000 from the A.I. start-up Anthropic, to create a national training center.
I went to West Africa to report on girls’ education. I left convinced that the Western feminist movement has grown far too comfortable fighting only for itself.
Jobs working with children are largely done by women, leaving many boys, especially in low-income areas, with few men as role models.
Social work majors might struggle to get student loans. University endowments would be more heavily taxed. But students in some training programs would become eligible for Pell Grants.
The plan, part of the Republican domestic policy bill, includes all but the wealthiest families. But states must opt in, which could limit its reach.
We think of human rights abuses as wartime atrocities, but sometimes they involve what family members do to the people they love.
The money, which was allocated by Congress, helps pay for after-school programs, support for students learning English and other services.
Simona Rodano barely has time to strap on her sparkly wings before she dashes around New York City, teaching children how to sing in Italian, French and Spanish.
Maryland parents have a religious right to withdraw their children from classes on days that stories with gay and transgender themes are discussed, the court ruled.
Susan Namangale fell in love with the game at age 9 in her small village, and she’s now on a mission to deliver a message to the whole country: Chess is good for everyone.
Readers respond to an Upshot article about expectations for kindergarten. Also: Black lung in miners.
The state assemblyman ran a campaign tightly focused on issues related to affordability. Here is a look at where he stands on those issues and others.
Dylan Lopez Contreras was arrested by immigration authorities. This week, he was remembered during the commencement for a school devoted to immigrants.
Sweltering temperatures not seen in Toronto in nearly a decade have prompted health alerts, pool closures and warnings to students to expect “uncomfortable conditions.”
Ukraine’s security service is holding classes at high schools to alert teenagers of Russian efforts to recruit them.
The court unanimously ruled that the state cannot require schools and universities to display the Commandments.
Beginning on Juneteenth, a restored Virginia schoolhouse where enslaved and free Black students were taught to read is on view in Colonial Williamsburg.
After lawmakers required high schools to start no earlier than 8:30 a.m., school administrators complained that it was unworkable. Last month, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a repeal.
Una adolescente huyó de su casa el mes pasado. En sus declaraciones señaló haber estado esposada en un contenedor de perros. Los fiscales culpan, en parte, a la laxa supervisión de la educación en casa.
Nearly three-fourths of the students in L.A. public schools are Latino. Some families, and a few graduates, stayed away from graduation ceremonies out of fear of federal raids.
Alhassan Susso, who teaches in the Bronx, is funding a teaching prize in Gambia, his home country, after the State Department canceled a grant program.
One candidate stood out as a clear top choice.
Una nueva investigación sugiere que las redadas pueden perjudicar el rendimiento de los alumnos y alterar el funcionamiento de las escuelas, incluso cuando no se producen en ellas o sus alrededores.
A teenage girl fled her home last month after what she said was years of abuse. Prosecutors called what had happened to her “beyond heinous.”
New research shows that after recent deportation sweeps, parents kept their children home — with big impacts on how all students learn.
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.
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.