Sandy Hook Victims Are Remembered on Day They Would Have Graduated
As the graduates of Newtown High School filed across an outdoor stage in Sandy Hook, Conn., on Wednesday evening, shaking hands and receiving diplomas, 20 of their classmates were missing. For the dozens of seniors who had also attended Sandy Hook Elementary School, those classmates have been missing for more than 11 years. They were in first grade More...
Grand Jury Declines to Indict Principal Accused of Endangering a Student
A grand jury in New Jersey dismissed charges on Wednesday against the high school principal who had been accused of endangering a student, in a racially charged case that roiled the liberal, diverse towns of More...
Miami President Named as Next U.C.L.A. Chancellor
Julio Frenk, a public health expert who has led the University of Miami since 2015, was named on Wednesday as the next permanent chancellor of the University of California, Los Angeles. He will oversee an elite More...
University of California Workers Ordered to End Strike Over Protest Grievances
A strike by University of California academic workers over the treatment of pro-Palestinian demonstrators was temporarily halted by a Southern California judge on Friday after the university argued the walkout More...
School and Police Officials in Vermont Apologize for Mock Shooting Drill
School and police officials in Burlington, Vt., apologized on Friday after high school students on a field trip to the Police Department were exposed to a staged armed robbery that included a mock shooting More...
Is This the End for Mandatory D.E.I. Statements?
For years, conservatives condemned the use of diversity statements by universities, which ask job applicants to detail their commitment to improving opportunities for marginalized and underrepresented groups. Critics More...
Police Arrest 13 Protesters Who Occupied Stanford President’s Office
Police officers arrested 13 pro-Palestinian protesters on Wednesday who had barricaded themselves in the office of the president of Stanford University and demanded that administrators meet several demands, More...
Student Protesters Want Charges Dropped as Universities Grapple With Discipline
Youssef Hasweh expected to receive his diploma from the University of Chicago on Saturday. What he got instead was an email from the associate dean of students informing him that, because he was under investigation More...
Teacher Placed on Leave After ‘Mock Slave Auction’ in Class
A fifth-grade teacher in Massachusetts who held a “mock slave auction” and used a racial slur in a classroom has been placed on paid administrative leave, the district superintendent said. The teacher, More...
Anyone Want to Be a College President? There Are (Many) Openings
“Finding a president is a big complicated process because everyone in the university constituency cares about that selection, and getting it right is important to everyone,” said John Isaacson, the chair More...
