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Economy
Warning of ‘Grave’ Errors, Powerful Donors Push Universities on Hamas
Wall Street financiers are pressing elite schools to condemn criticism of Israel. Amid pressure, the University of Pennsylvania on Sunday…
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World
To Prepare Kids for the Future, Bring Back Shop and Home Ec
We’ve reached that lull in the school year when the excitement of Back to School has worn off and the…
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World
ACT Reports Record Low Scores as Admissions Landscape Shifts
For the high school class of 2023, the average score was the lowest since 1991, and 43 percent of students…
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World
Heat, High Water, Hurricanes: Schools Are Not Ready for Climate Change
A storm can last a day. But the disruption to learning can last years. As natural disasters become more common,…
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World
Teachers Can’t Hold Students Accountable. It’s Making the Job Miserable.
A few weeks ago, I wrote about how America’s teacher pipeline is drying up. According to education researchers, the proportion…
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World
New York Schools Weathered a Crisis. Now They Face a Fiscal Cliff.
The city faces billions in financial pressures in the coming years that threaten to worsen inequality across the nation’s largest…
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World
I Read Banned Books. So Does Almost Everybody Else.
During my grade school years in the early 1970s, I read everything. Books, of course — books about dogs and…
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World
An Ancient City, Now in Ruins, Struggles to Keep Its Soul
The businessman fondly recalled his bakery and cafe in the ancient Turkish city of Antakya, where his staff made bread,…
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Real Estate
Astoria, Queens: ‘A Mix of Traditional and Trendy’
With relatively affordable prices and an easy commute to Manhattan, the area is attracting new residents, but it still has…
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World
We Can Only Fight Learning Loss With Accountability And Action
The bad news about U.S. schools just keeps coming. We already knew from federal studies that students lost significant ground…