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In Florida, New School Laws Have an Unintended Consequence: Bureaucracy
Under recent rules, some students can’t take a vision test or get a Band-Aid without permission slips. And it’s up…
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Anthony J. Alvarado, Former New York City Schools Chancellor, Dies at 81
He also turned two Manhattan districts into national models. But his tangled personal finances forced him to resign as the…
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How Do You Respond to a Young Person Upset by Racist Jokes at School?
When you talk to students about social media radicalization, racism and bullying, you learn how desperate they are for some…
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World
It’s 2024. Here Are the New Laws That New Yorkers Should Know About.
Legislation touching on nearly every aspect of life in the state, including wages, health care and education, is going into…
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World
At These Schools, Arab and Jewish Students Share Their Feelings, With Each Other
At a time when support for peace is at a low, conversations at Israel’s Hand in Hand schools about the…
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World
Shelter Evictions Will Damage Migrant Children, Schools Warn
About 3,500 migrant families in New York City shelters have received eviction notices. Children will have to change schools or…
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A Private Liberal Arts College Is Drowning in Debt. Should Alabama Rescue It?
Birmingham-Southern College was on the verge of receiving a multimillion-dollar loan, but the state treasurer balked, saying it was not…
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The Covenant Parents Aren’t Going to Keep Quiet on Guns
Mary Joyce told herself she would be kind, just as she always had been. Say enough, but not too much,…
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Are These Topics Too Adult for the Youngest Readers? Take a Look.
These children’s picture books have been banned. To some, the topics — racism, sexuality, transgender identity and gay relationships —…
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Bernardsville, N.J.: A Gilded Age Enclave Looking to the Future
With grand estates and rolling meadows, this Somerset County borough has long attracted the wealthy. But now it’s courting younger,…