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More than $200 million in cuts to the New York City public school budget are back in effect, at least temporarily, after a state appeals court on Tuesday put a …
New York City Can Reinstate School Budget Cuts, Court Rules Read MoreA former Boston public school official who recruited at-risk students into the Latin Kings gang and had the students distribute drugs on campus pleaded guilty to racketeering charges on Tuesday, …
Former Boston School Official Pleads Guilty to Racketeering Read MoreElizabeth Johnson Jr. is — officially — not a witch. Until last week, the Andover, Mass., woman, who confessed to practicing witchcraft during the Salem witch trials, was the only …
Last Conviction in Salem Witch Trials Is Cleared 329 Years Later Read MoreTo the Editor: To Margaret Renkl’s challenge — “Don’t Like the South’s Politics? Move Here and Vote” (Opinion, July 20) — my response is that I don’t have to and …
Opinion | Move to the South and Change It? Read MoreThe fraternity brothers of Sigma Chi had company this spring. A construction crew would arrive for work each day with a small armada of drills and electric saws. It should …
In Oregon, Adidas and Puma Take Over University Frats for World Championships Read MoreZhifan Dong had only been at the University of Utah for a few months when she raised the first alarm: She told a residential director at the university’s housing department …
Utah University Admits ‘Shortcomings’ in Handling Domestic Abuse Cases Read MoreFacing pressure from parents empowered by a new state education law, the Miami-Dade County School Board has reversed itself on adopting two new textbooks for the coming school year, leaving …
Miami-Dade School Board Rejects New Textbooks With Sex Education Curriculum Read MoreJudith A. Schiff, who in her many decades as chief research archivist at the Yale University Library worked with Charles Lindbergh on his archive, explored the papers of Emily Dickinson’s …
Judith Schiff, Who Roamed Yale’s Vast Archive, Dies at 84 Read MoreLucy Calkins, a professor at Columbia University, has long been a controversial figure in the education world for her approach to teaching reading. Her eagerly anticipated new curriculum was meant …
New Reading Curriculum Is Mired in Debate Over Race and Gender Read MoreOne in five adults in the United States would be willing to condone acts of political violence, a new national survey commissioned by public health experts found, revelations that they …
One in 5 US Adults Accepts Political Violence, Survey Finds Read More