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News
Tennessee Passes Bill to Allow Teachers to Carry Concealed Handguns
The move came about a year after the state’s deadliest school shooting and was opposed by some of the families…
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News
Columbia Offers Remote Classes for the Last Days of the Semester
Tensions have rippled out to other schools. Protesters were arrested at Yale and New York University. And new protest encampments…
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News
A Utah Mountain Town Brings Back an Old Idea: The One-Room Schoolhouse
ACROSS THE COUNTRY A Utah Mountain Town Brings Back an Old Idea: The One-Room Schoolhouse As a throwback ski destination,…
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Opinion
Ellen Ash Peters, Pioneer on the Connecticut Bench, Dies at 94
The first woman on the faculty of Yale Law School, she was named to the State Supreme Court in 1978…
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Opinion
Most Teachers Know They’re Playing With Fire When They Use Tech in the Classroom
A few years ago, when researchers at Boston College and Harvard set out to review all of the existing research…
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Newyork
Farewell, and Thanks, to a Man Who Kept Kids Safe
From the corner of West 25th Street in Manhattan, it takes 34 steps to cross 10th Avenue, more if it…
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Opinion
How to Reduce Student Absenteeism
Readers discuss the reasons for the spike since the pandemic and how to lure students back.
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Newyork
N.Y.C. Schools Chief to Testify as Congress Expands Antisemitism Inquiry
A congressional committee that questioned college presidents about how they have handled protests over the Israel-Hamas war is now focusing…
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Opinion
Get Tech Out of the Classroom Before It’s Too Late
Jaime Lewis noticed that her eighth-grade son’s grades were slipping several months ago. She suspected it was because he was…
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Newyork
An Elementary School Tries a ‘Radical’ Idea: Staying Open 12 Hours a Day
It sounds like a dream for some working parents: school for 12 hours a day, starting bright and early at…