The New York Times

A state board authorized phasing out the tests, long viewed as a rite of passage for high school seniors, as a diploma requirement. What replaces them is an open question.

The more the logic of capitalism pervades the rest of life, the less room there is for compassion, honor or heroism.

Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV wrote that the administration’s reasons for a rule limiting the length of stay for academics and journalists were “exceptionally weak.”

Silenced ahead of the World Cup, an emergency notification system for private and parochial schools will launch Tuesday as part of Notify NYC.

At some universities, parents can pay to make sure their children are cared for, the way they were back home.

They have no memory of the buildings missing from the skyline or airports without security lines. But they have strong feelings about how to regard the legacy of the attacks.

Community members and students sued the school last year to reopen the gates, which were closed during protests against Israel’s war in Gaza.

The Jewish Days of Awe are meant to awaken us to the fact that life is finite. One student is attentive to that, all the time.

The Nashville-based university, which has just established a Manhattan outpost, has lots of New York area students and wants to take advantage of the city’s cultural capital.

Politics and other factors are causing universities to reconsider what classes are core requirements. In some places, civics and classics are replacing climate change and sociology.

Students in Singapore and parts of China had the highest scores on the test known as PISA. Scores for American students were near a 25-year low.

Under Lonnie G. Bunch III’s leadership, President Trump accused the Smithsonian of liberal, anti-American bias. Supporters say he was dedicated to nonpartisan scholarship.

The Netflix series is seen as a way to kindle debate about gender roles and to confront online bullying.

Schools and entire states are creating new rules forcing professors to teach more hours and show up at the office. At one university, professors quit in response.