Tag: Education (K-12)

School Searched 6-Year-Old’s Backpack Before Newport News Shooting, Officials Say

Abigail Zwerner, the teacher, was in the middle of a routine lesson…

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Don’t Ban ChatGPT in Schools. Teach With It.

Cherie Shields, a high school English teacher in Oregon, told me that…

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6-Year-Old Shoots Teacher at Virginia Elementary School, Police Say

A 6-year-old first-grader at an elementary school in Newport News, Va., shot…

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In Hasidic Enclaves, Failing Yeshivas Flush With Public Money

The groups all emphatically said Hasidic schools operate independently of each other,…

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The Abortion Decision, Haunted by Brown v. Board of Education

WASHINGTON — In the Supreme Court decision that eliminated the constitutional right…

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Last Conviction in Salem Witch Trials Is Cleared 329 Years Later

Elizabeth Johnson Jr. is — officially — not a witch.Until last week,…

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A Cyberattack Illuminates the Shaky State of Student Privacy

The software that many school districts use to track students’ progress can…

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Pope Francis Will Travel to Canada to Apologize to Indigenous Community

OTTAWA — Pope Francis is traveling to Canada this week to ​apologize…

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Putin Aims to Shape a New Generation of Supporters, Through Schools

Starting in first grade, students across Russia will soon sit through weekly…

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