Trump Signs Bill Allowing Schools to Serve Whole Milk Again
The law, which was approved unanimously by Congress late last year, also gives schools more flexibility in serving nondairy milks.
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Some students are still mentioning their race or immigrant status as the Trump administration cracks down on diversity efforts. But many are avoiding sensitive aspects of their identity.
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The outcome of a pair of cases on Tuesday could affect laws in 27 states that prohibit transgender girls from joining girls’ and women’s sports teams.
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The Lie That Elite Colleges, and a Nation, Wanted to Believe
“Miracle Children” details how a Louisiana school exploited the demand for stories of Black trauma.
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Number of Trans Athletes Affected by Bans Is Low, but the Debate Is Broad
The people who support barring trans girls from girls’ sports say the debate affects not just transgender athletes but whole teams and sports.
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Kent D. Syverud will become the fifth person to run Michigan since the start of 2022, inheriting a school that also has debated diversity.
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One sued to join her middle school girls’ cross-country team in West Virginia and the other to join the women’s track and cross-country teams at her university in Idaho.
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CreditCaroline Gutman for The New York Times Mamdani’s Schools Chief Begins Shaping Agenda Around Rigor and Equity
In his first week on the job, Kamar H. Samuels started to sketch out his priorities for leading America’s largest school system.
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CreditJames Estrin/The New York Times Leaders of Historians’ Group Veto Resolutions Critical of Israel
The executive council of the American Historical Association said the resolutions, including one accusing Israel of ‘scholasticide’ in Gaza, would put the group at risk.
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How Mississippi Transformed Its Schools From Worst to Best
Since 2013, Mississippi has skyrocketed on national tests, while blue states lag. What is it doing right?
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CreditRory Doyle for The New York Times How ‘Mr. Nobody’ in a Small-Town School Took on Putin
Pavel Talankin was a school events coordinator and videographer. When Russia overhauled the curriculum to make students into patriotic soldiers, he kept his camera rolling. The footage became a film that is shortlisted for an Oscar.
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CreditSasha Maslov for The New York Times the global profileSchools in Occupied Ukraine Aim to Turn Children Into Russian Nationalists
Required lessons are heavy on militarism and pro-Russian, anti-Ukrainian propaganda. Some people make an arduous escape, partly to avoid the indoctrination.
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CreditSasha Maslov for The New York Times Violence at a Minneapolis School Hours After ICE Shooting
As Minneapolis reels in the aftermath of a fatal shooting, the city shuts down its public schools following a violent confrontation between federal agents and civilians at a local high school.
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CreditBen Garvin for The New York Times Texas A&M, Under New Curriculum Limits, Warns Professor Not to Teach Plato
The university is reviewing courses under new rules restricting teaching about race and gender. Administrators told a philosophy professor to cut some lessons on Plato to comply.
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More in Learning: A Special Report ›Back to School and Back to Normal. Or at Least Close Enough.
As school began this year, we sent reporters to find out how much — or how little — has changed since the pandemic changed everything.
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CreditHannah Yoon for The New York Times At the Edge of a Cliff, Some Colleges Are Teaming Up to Survive
Faced with declining enrollment, smaller schools are harnessing innovative ideas — like course sharing — to attract otherwise reluctant students.
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The concept has been around for a while, but the pandemic reinforced the importance of providing support to families and students to enhance learning.
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In-school tutoring is not a silver bullet. But it may help students and schools reduce some pandemic-related slides in achievement.
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From kindergarten through college, educators are experimenting with ways to ease the stress students are facing — not only from the pandemic, but from life itself.
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Minneapolis Schools Allow Students to Learn Online Amid ICE Fears
As immigration agents and protests lead some families to keep children home, schools around the Twin Cities are offering a remote option for the next several weeks.
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Judge to Weigh Next Steps in Student Activist Deportations Case
The hearing on Thursday followed up on the court’s sweeping finding in September that noncitizen students had the same free speech rights as citizens.
By Zach Montague
Chinese Universities Surge in Global Rankings as U.S. Schools Slip
Harvard still dominates, though it fell to No. 3 on a list measuring academic output. Other American universities are falling farther behind their global peers.
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New York TodayHow Will the New Chancellor Change New York Schools?
Kamar Samuels, Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s choice to run the school system, has favored integration and academic rigor.
By James Barron
Greenland Would Be the Largest U.S. Land Acquisition, if Trump Got His Way
Denmark does not want to sell its territory. But for a real estate mogul turned president, the world’s largest island may be irresistible.
By Jeffrey Gettleman
Archaeologists Find Large Roman Villa Under Deer Park in Wales
The unexpected discovery of a well-preserved and fortified villa in Margam Park in South Wales sheds new light on the Roman occupation there, an expert said.
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Lego bricks are getting tech-ified. Games writer James Austen just got his hands on Lego’s new smart bricks, which will be out later this year. So far, he’s impressed, but he’ll need to do some hands-on testing to decide if these are worth buying.
Guest EssayThis Is No Way to Run a University
An ancient classic is canceled in Texas.
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A West Virginia Law Bars One Trans Athlete. Her Case Could Affect the Country.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear a case that could affect laws in 27 states that bar transgender athletes from joining girls’ and women’s sports teams.
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Daniel Walker Howe, 88, Revisionist Historian of Jackson’s America, Dies
In a Pulitzer-winning book, he saw modern America’s origins not so much in one president’s policies as in the sweeping social and technological changes wrought in the years 1815-48.
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