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As States Confront a Reading Crisis in Schools, New York Lags Behind

Across the nation, state leaders are taking steps to improve reading instruction for struggling students. But in New York, concern…

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The Real College Admissions Scandal

YAMHILL, Ore. — Before I make an argument about affirmative action, let me tell you how I was a beneficiary…

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Saving the Flailing Humanities

More from our inbox: ‘It Is Still Ongoing’: How ‘Parade’ Takes On a History of HateBody DonorsPay Workers FairlyCredit...Lion Books,…

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Oxford, but Not That Oxford: How a Tiny For-Profit School Suddenly Got Big

Oxford Business College and others like it make millions, largely by recruiting immigrants. They operate in an opaque corner of…

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Roger C. Schank, Theorist of Artificial Intelligence, Dies at 76

He combined linguistics, cognitive science and computing with the goal of “trying to understand the nature of the human mind.”

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The Right Don’t Need No Education

Ron DeSantis, who is currently governor of Florida and wants to become president, has been trying to position himself as…

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Studies Show How Cupid Isn’t Fair

Birds do it. Bees do it. Even intertidal gonochoric prosobranchs do it. And human beings definitely do it. “It” is…

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Education Issues Vault to Top of the G.O.P.’s Presidential Race

Donald Trump and possible rivals, like Gov. Ron DeSantis, are making appeals to conservative voters on race and gender issues,…

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New York Blocks Payments to 20 Firms That Serve Hasidic Schools

Amid concerns about fraud in the industry, the city has stopped doing business with the companies, which provide special education,…

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DeSantis Takes On the Education Establishment, and Builds His Brand

A proposal by Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida to overhaul higher education would mandate courses in Western civilization, eliminate diversity…

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