The New York Times

Readers discuss the effects of cellphone bans in school and screen time limits. Also: Close “Alligator Alcatraz”; President Trump’s vulgar language.

Readers discuss artificial intelligence and writing in the classroom. Also: President Trump’s latest assault on science; election workers.

Jonathan Haidt, a professor, says that colleges shield students from challenging ideas. But student leaders said he does not represent their values.

The home-sharing company has largely been shut out in the city, but it is fighting back and trying to get Black homeowners on its side.

The drops in U.S. scores go beyond the pandemic and cut across income, geographic and racial divides, new data shows.

Missy Mazzoli and Ellen Reid didn’t have female mentors. They founded Luna Composition Lab so young composers would.

In “AI for Good,” Josh Tyrangiel talks to the classrooms, hospitals and research labs where people are using artificial intelligence that might benefit society.

Instructure, which provides Canvas software to thousands of schools and universities around the world, did not say what it had given the hackers in exchange for the stolen data.

Free child care is one of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s top goals. Now the Bezos Foundation is giving Robin Hood, a favorite philanthropy of wealthy New Yorkers, big money for early childhood education.

Harvard’s boxing club is drawing new members. So are boxing clubs at other colleges, as students look for real-life connection.

With fewer students, many public school districts are confronting unfilled classrooms, and hard choices about school closures.

Most users regained access to the platform hours after a hacking group said it had attacked Canvas’s parent company and breached 275 million people’s data.

A key judicial decision in Mr. Khalil’s immigration case was expedited significantly and included the recusal of multiple judges.