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The high school philosophy exam is a rite of passage for French students. This year included questions about Friedrich Nietzsche’s 1878 book, “Human, All Too Human.”

The White House recently endorsed monitoring sewage for evidence of drug use. Critics fear such efforts could violate privacy and stigmatize neighborhoods.

Cuba’s already struggling schools are ending the academic year early because of a crippling fuel shortage caused by the U.S. oil blockade.

Alberto Carvalho resigned Sunday, months after the F.B.I. raided his home and office. He came to Los Angeles from Miami with a reputation for raising student test scores but also made missteps.

As the anniversary of the Battle of the Little Bighorn approaches, relatives of the two men still grapple with the legacy of a contentious moment in U.S. history.

Whitman College is trying to keep it simple: Tell us your adjusted gross income, and we won’t make you apply and get in just to receive a price quote.

Alienated by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s claims about autism, advocates for disabled students are sounding the alarm about the Trump administration's shifting special education programs to his department.

A new study of bilingual speakers suggests that a single “grammatical engine” in the brain can power multiple languages at once.

A math whiz as a young man, he later blazed trails, both with his theoretical advances and his advocacy for minority students.

In books like “The Cheese and the Worms,” he helped push beyond the story of great events and leaders, entering the minds and hearts of peasants.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani encouraged students to stay in school during the Knicks parade on Thursday, which packed Lower Manhattan and the subways with fans.

The department, citing high default rates, is reducing interest rates on federal student loans by up to 1 percentage point for two years.

A novelist who immigrated from the Soviet Union tours Thomas Jefferson’s home with his American-born history-buff son.