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Readers respond to a guest essay about the methods and reliability of science. Also: Opioid addiction; judges and presidents; cursive writing.

New policies limiting the teaching of race and gender issues led administrators and professors to change hundreds of courses. School leaders say the rules could hurt A&M’s reputation.

The central bank’s policy stance can influence consumer savings and borrowing, from car financing to home equity loans. Here’s how it works.

After 22 wonderful years, I’ve decided to take the exciting and terrifying step of leaving in order to try to build something new.

Boys’ reading struggles are not inevitable, research suggests, and addressing the deficit could improve outcomes in school and beyond.

An appellate court ruled that the firing of the former assistant principal of an elementary school in Mississippi in 2022 had been “arbitrary and capricious.”

Harvard University has been trying to cut back how many A grades professors give. Now, 53 percent of grades are A’s, down from 60 percent.

Sites in China are selling test questions, and online forums offer software that can bypass test protections, according to tutors and testing experts raising alarms.

Winston Nguyen, a former teacher at Saint Ann’s School who pleaded guilty to a felony charge last year, is accused in the lawsuit of soliciting naked photos of students and sharing them online.

High schoolers are turning to chatbots for help navigating the college admissions process. Does a virtual college coach know what’s best for students?

Other costs would also be waived for students whose families earn less than $100,000. Yale joins other elite schools offering more generous financial aid, including Penn, Harvard and M.I.T.