School
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World
Is It Possible to Desegregate the Nation’s Biggest School System?
A major lawsuit against racial inequality in New York City’s public schools is moving forward. Already, local districts in the…
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US
A School With 7 Students: Inside the ‘Microschools’ Movement
Parents, desperate for help, are turning to private schools with a half-dozen or so students. And they are getting a…
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World
No Field, No Problem. An Academic Powerhouse Can Also Play Ball.
The elite Baccalaureate high school, housed in a former pocketbook factory in Queens, is known for its college-level courses. And…
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World
New York City Removes Two Parents From School Councils Over Behavior
One parent led a push to review rules around transgender athletes. The other had encouraged pro-Palestinian student activism. The chancellor…
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World
Grand Jury Declines to Indict Principal Accused of Endangering a Student
In a case that roiled a racially diverse town in New Jersey for months, a high school principal is one…
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World
Sandy Hook Victims Are Remembered on Day They Would Have Graduated
More than 11 years after one of the worst school shootings in U.S. history, on what would have been the…
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World
Why the Head of One of New York’s Most Elite Schools Quit
The leader of Collegiate School in Manhattan stepped down after an internal report found “problems of religious and cultural bias.”
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Politics
Debby Lee Cohen, Who Helped Prune Plastic From Schools, Dies at 64
Her successful campaign against foam lunch trays in New York City led to similar city and statewide bans — and…
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Politics
Why Children Are Missing More School Now
The raw data looks inarguably bad: The share of American children missing at least 10 percent of school days nearly…
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World
What We Know About Israel’s Deadly Strike on U.N. School Complex in Gaza
A day after Israeli forces bombed a U.N. school complex in central Gaza that had become a shelter for displaced…