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 discuss housing as a factor in the rising costs of college. Also: Latino voters’ shift; Justice Elena Kagan’s view of the Supreme Court. Read more ...
This year, the first class of medical students will begin their journey to becoming physicians under new rules limiting how much they can borrow for school. Read more ...
Frustrated by Texas Christian University’s handling of her sexual assault case, a former student from Virginia is suing under her home state’s consumer protection laws. Read more ...
The Specialized High School Admissions Test is the sole admissions criterion for the city’s eight specialized high schools. Technical difficulties sent students home. Read more ...
Some professional and college sports teams were stuck on runways, or opting to pile into buses, ahead of games this weekend that are now uncertain. Read more ...
The University of North Carolina’s chancellor tried to protect the school from the Trump administration. Work on cancer, suicide, AIDS and coronaviruses was hit anyway. Read more ...
By Alan Blinder, Stephanie Saul, Irena Hwang, Benjamin Mueller and Mike Belleme
Kamar Samuels, the city schools chancellor, asked for an independent review days after a paraprofessional was fired following his arrest in the stabbing death of Katie Suarez. 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 ...
