Education
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Los Angeles schools order weekly Covid tests for everyone, vaccinated or not.
The Los Angeles Unified School District announced on Thursday that it would require all students and employees returning for in-person…
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Murals at a San Francisco School Should Stay for Now, Judge Says
A California court this week ruled that Works Progress Administration-era frescoes on the life of George Washington at a local…
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As Delta Variant Spreads, N.Y.C. Parents Worry About Coming School Year
Paullette Healy’s daughter, Kira, hadn’t been inside a classroom for more than 15 months when she started the New York…
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The Pandemic Hurt These Students the Most
How much did the pandemic affect students? The latest research is out, and the answer is clear: dramatically. In math…
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Pandemic and Racial Injustice Cause Outsize Harm to Black Students, Study Finds
A new study of hundreds of Black educators, students and parents found that Black students will be returning to the…
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U.S. students ended the pandemic school year 4 to 5 months behind, a new report finds.
Elementary school students in the United States ended the 2020-21 school year four to five months behind where they normally…
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As Virus Cases Rise, Another Contagion Spreads Among the Vaccinated: Anger
As coronavirus cases resurge across the country, many inoculated Americans are losing patience with vaccine holdouts who, they say, are…
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Requests for U.S. college aid are down, with experts blaming the pandemic.
U.S. high school seniors completed fewer federal financial aid applications for college this year, as compared with last year, which…
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In Mrs. McQueen’s Summer Classroom, an 8-Year-Old Races to Catch Up
GREENSBORO, N.C. — In second grade, Zion Graham bounded to school. He loved math. His favorite book was about a…
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Opinion | Enlist Trump Against Vaccine Hesitancy
To the Editor: Re “Biden Condemns Vaccine Disinformation on Facebook” (news article, July 17): A note to President Trump: It’s…
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‘Incel’ Is Charged With Plotting to Shoot Women, U.S. Says
An Ohio man who was part of an online community of “incels,” or misogynists who blame women for denying them…
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Indiana University Can Require Students to Get Coronavirus Vaccines
A federal judge upheld Indiana University’s requirement that students and staff members on campus be vaccinated against the coronavirus this…
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A federal judge upholds Indiana University’s vaccination requirement for students.
In what appeared to be the first ruling upholding a coronavirus vaccine mandate by a university, a federal judge affirmed…
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Lost Lives, Lost Culture: The Forgotten History of Indigenous Boarding Schools
DURANGO, Colo. — The last day Dzabahe remembers praying in the way of her ancestors was on the morning in…
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Historically Black Colleges Finally Get the Spotlight
John S. Wilson Jr., who has served as the president of Morehouse College and as a White House adviser on…
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Opinion | How and When to Teach the Dark Truths of U.S. History
To the Editor: Re “A Case for Patriotic Education,” by Ross Douthat (column, July 11): As a longtime social studies…
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Overlooked No More, ‘Skipped History’ Explores Forgotten Events
[Race/Related is available as a newsletter. Sign up here to get it delivered to your inbox.] “Skipped History,” a comedy…
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Plans for free pre-K and community college could provide a ‘ladder into the middle class.’
But Walter G. Bumphus, the president and chief executive of the American Association of Community Colleges, said Mr. Biden’s plan…
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Haunted by Past Virus Surges, California Leans on Masks and Vaccines
In Los Angeles County, where public health officials had already been recommending — but not requiring — masks indoors, new…
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Boston Overhauls Admissions to Exclusive Exam Schools
“While the plan claims to level the playing field and create improved access, it has not,” she said. “It is…
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