From India to France, the implicit meritocratic bargain that underwrote stable societies by providing advancement to new generations is breaking down. Read more ...
Great Public Schools New York will enter the charter school battle in New York City with money from Michael R. Bloomberg and be led by a former adviser to Andrew M. Cuomo. Read more ...
At Tougaloo College, supporters danced and wept over Scott Colom’s victory. He will be Mississippi’s first Black U.S. senator since the Reconstruction era. Read more ...
Trump administration officials had accused the district of allowing boys on girls’ teams, which they said violated a ban on sex discrimination in schools. Read more ...
The decision by the Hispanic Scholarship Fund was part of a settlement agreement in a lawsuit claiming that the organization had discriminated against some students. Read more ...
The police in Columbus, Ohio, were investigating the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity after a video of the incident drew widespread attention online, according to the university. Read more ...
Readers respond to John McWhorter’s essay about “lived experience” and the arts. Also: Susan Collins; the Democrats’ challenge; A.I. in the classroom. Read more ...
Across the United States, the number of children in public education is dropping, leading many districts to question whether or where to close schools. Read more ...
By Natalie Kitroeff, Sarah Mervosh, Michael Simon Johnson, Stella Tan, Alex Stern, Lisa Chow, Marion Lozano and Alyssa Moxley
In the South Bronx, the first program of its kind offers the same classes as any high school. Only these classes are infused with hip-hop. Read more ...
Families were shaken at the school where Sayed Mohassib worked as an aide. He was fired on Monday, days after he was charged in the death of the jogger, Katie Suarez. Read more ...
By Chelsia Rose Marcius, Matthew Haag and Miles G. Cohen
The request came from Senator Edward J. Markey of Massachusetts, after Google said it would not turn off artificial intelligence tools for students using its search engine. Read more ...
Charlie Cahn III, who was compensated more than $1 million annually leading Suffield Academy, was placed on leave last month by the school after it learned of the inquiry. Read more ...
Kelly Holley-Bockelmann was one of the top astrophysicists in the country until President Trump’s policies affected every part of her work. Read more ...
Suffield Academy placed its longtime head of school, Charlie Cahn III, on leave last month after learning that he was the subject of a federal investigation. Read more ...
