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Psychologists find that story time can build the strong relationships they need for healthy development.
A social studies teacher says students can grapple with difficult ideas.
Changes to middle school enrollment in parts of Brooklyn and Manhattan could force City Hall to take action on school segregation.
Defenders of the writing style have lobbied to revive it in schools, igniting a debate about American values and exposing intergenerational fault lines.
The inaugural class of third and fourth graders at the school has posted extraordinary results on its first set of test scores.
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A once-obscure program named Discovery has become an unexpected flash point in a local debate about specialized school admissions and the national fight over affirmative action.
The extensive project, funded by the Herb Alpert Foundation, will replace the building’s facade and update its public gallery space.
Ashley Wright said she had alerted the school that her daughter was being bullied by a classmate before her death.
Readers discuss a problem that affects students and teachers alike.
An immersion camp in California that aims to revitalize Hupa is part of a growing worldwide effort to revive endangered languages.
Michigan spent five years debating how to teach American history. One of the biggest questions was how to describe the nation’s government.
A reader offers a compelling reason to choose print rather than digital.
The end of senior year is now often characterized by a sense of purposelessness. Here are five ways high school seniors can connect with what matters to them.
In lawsuits filed Wednesday, groups said the Agriculture Department illegally issued rules that weakened Obama-era standards for school meals.
If you don’t feel like you have the time to read more, or struggle to finish a book, this method will help. If you have time for Twitter or Instagram, you have time for these books.
The attack occurred early on Wednesday in Hunan Province. The authorities said a suspect, a 31-year-old man, had been taken into custody.
The latest admissions numbers at Stuyvesant High School offer a stark picture of the persistent racial divide in America’s largest school system.
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on how to handle a cheating peer and whether to alert officials that a nanny is ill-treated.
“I want to find out what happened, how it happened and who was involved,” said the father of Raniya Wright.
A lawsuit against Holland Christian High School has turned Betsy DeVos’s alma mater into Exhibit A as the education secretary moves to lighten the rules governing school sexual assault.
A lawsuit against Holland Christian High School has turned Betsy DeVos’s alma mater into Exhibit A as the education secretary moves to lighten the rules governing school sexual assault.
A federal judge struck down a charter school policy that prohibited girls from wearing pants or shorts. “I hate wearing skirts,” a girl who opposed the rule wrote.
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Yet again, the paucity of black and Latino students admitted to New York City’s elite public high schools is cause for alarm, and action.
Debate, drama and other extracurriculars provide the excitement many classrooms lack. And they can help overhaul the system.
A Brooklyn Tech alumnus explains why greater diversity was achieved in the 1970s till the mid-1990s.
Readers express anger at Betsy DeVos’s proposals to eliminate funding for the Special Olympics and other programs.
A documentary to be screened on Capitol Hill next month, in which I am featured, chronicles the experience of low-income students navigating college admissions.
A proposal to cut $17.6 million from the Special Olympics is drawing widespread opposition, but it’s unlikely to make it past Congress anyway.
The school board in Paterson has proposed eliminating over 200 jobs to address a budget gap as it tries to regain control of its schools from the state.
In an increasingly global world, Americans should be adding, not slashing, opportunities for their children to learn another tongue.
Under her proposal, the Department of Education would create incentivized baselines for salaries, with the average teacher in America receiving a $13,500 pay increase.
Low black and Hispanic enrollment at Stuyvesant High School has reignited a debate about how to finally integrate the city’s schools.
According to school leaders, 19 former faculty and staff members were said to have potentially engaged in sexual misconduct or inappropriate behavior with students over the span of three decades.
For just $3,500, the drama club at North Bergen High School recreated Ridley Scott’s 1979 horror thriller on stage, reaching a global audience, too.
A social services group that assists young people supports a bill in the State Legislature that would mandate medically accurate health education.
Sometimes the best school isn’t the “elite” college at the top of the national rankings. It’s the public university just down the road.
“The tablet itself made it harder for parents and children to engage in the rich back-and-forth turn-taking that was happening in print books,” a researcher said.
Peter Tabichi teaches math and science in a remote village and tutors students on the weekends.
A bipartisan deal to bring millions of immigrants out of the shadows, and pay for a secure border.
The 8-year-old refugee who last week was thrilled to have a trophy suddenly has so much more.
The drill terrified teachers and left them with welts and bruises, the state’s largest teachers’ union said, calling for an end to such practices.
A user on 4chan promised an “ethnic cleansing in my school” in a post that targeted black and Hispanic students.
Eliza Shapiro, a reporter for The Times explained why March was an important month for those covering New York City public schools, America’s largest school system.
Civic service as a way of life.
And what would a fair college admissions system look like?
With the expansion of private admissions coaching, some counselors feel sidelined, or fear their students won’t be treated fairly.