Elaine Schwartz, Longtime Principal of an Innovative School, Dies at 92
Elaine Schwartz, who in 1982 co-founded the Center School, a public middle school in Manhattan, as a way to introduce bold classroom innovations, then remained its principal for four decades — long enough to see many of those innovations become common practice in schools nationwide — died on Monday at her home not far from the school, on Manhattan’s More...
Schools Got a Record $190 Billion in Pandemic Aid. Did It Work?
For the last three years, U.S. schools have been in an unusual position: They had lots of money to spend. The federal government invested $190 billion in pandemic aid for schools; the largest chunk, $122 billion, More...
Why U.S. Schools Are Facing Their Biggest Budget Crunch in Years
After several cash-flush pandemic years, school districts across the country are facing budget shortfalls, with pressure closing in on multiple fronts. A flow of federal dollars — $122 billion meant to help More...
Opinion | A Brooklyn School District Finds a Path Toward Integration
Elected officials who prefer not to discuss the fact that New York City has one of the most segregated school systems in the United States could soon have no choice. A state appellate court has said that an More...
How a Brooklyn District Tackled School Segregation
Today we’ll find out what happened when a school district in Brooklyn began an ambitious effort to better integrate its middle schools. We’ll also find out about a decision throwing out an attempt by the More...
Parts of Biden’s Student Loan Repayment Plan Blocked by Judges
Two federal judges in Kansas and Missouri temporarily blocked pieces of the Biden administration’s new student loan repayment plan on Monday in rulings that will have implications for millions of federal More...
Recent High School Grads: Tell Us Why You Decided to Go to College or Not
Polls, enrollment statistics, social media posts and education economists agree: We are seeing a growing skepticism of college among many American teenagers and their parents. Whether that is a short-term trend More...
U.C. Berkeley’s Leader, a Free Speech Champion, Has Advice for Today’s Students: Tone It Down
Waves of boos, angry chants and the steady rhythm of feet pounding on metal seats were upending the graduation ceremony at the University of California, Berkeley. “Viva, viva Palestina!” students sang out. More...
A School With 7 Students: Inside the ‘Microschools’ Movement
When Nathanael was in kindergarten, he told his mother, Diana Lopez, that he did not want to return to school — ever. His teacher yelled at him, he said. And when Ms. Lopez picked him up from school, he would More...
The Culture Wars Came to a California Suburb. A Leader Has Been Ousted.
From the start, the three conservative board members of the Temecula Valley Unified School District made clear where they stood. On the same night in December 2022 that they were sworn in as a majority, they More...
