School
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Politics
Most Teachers Know They’re Playing With Fire When They Use Tech in the Classroom
A few years ago, when researchers at Boston College and Harvard set out to review all of the existing research…
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World
Farewell, and Thanks, to a Man Who Kept Kids Safe
From the corner of West 25th Street in Manhattan, it takes 34 steps to cross 10th Avenue, more if it…
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Politics
How to Reduce Student Absenteeism
Readers discuss the reasons for the spike since the pandemic and how to lure students back.
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World
N.Y.C. Schools Chief to Testify as Congress Expands Antisemitism Inquiry
A congressional committee that questioned college presidents about how they have handled protests over the Israel-Hamas war is now focusing…
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Politics
Get Tech Out of the Classroom Before It’s Too Late
Jaime Lewis noticed that her eighth-grade son’s grades were slipping several months ago. She suspected it was because he was…
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World
An Elementary School Tries a ‘Radical’ Idea: Staying Open 12 Hours a Day
It sounds like a dream for some working parents: school for 12 hours a day, starting bright and early at…
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Business
Teen Girls Confront an Epidemic of Deepfake Nudes in Schools
Westfield Public Schools held a regular board meeting in late March at the local high school, a red brick complex…
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World
Music Teacher Is Charged With Taking Teenagers on Trips to Abuse Them
Paul Geer taught for decades at the Family Foundation School, a rural reform academy where he abused students, an indictment…
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World
Finland School Shooting’s Motive Was Bullying, Police Say
The police said the motive emerged during interviews with the student, who after the shooting also threatened students heading to…
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World
Name-Calling and Calling the Police: How N.Y.C. Parent Meetings Got Mean
In school districts across the city, families are fighting over transgender athletes and how race and discrimination are taught in…