N.Y.C. Schools Change How Reading Is Taught, and Test Scores Rise
Mayor Adams cast the upswing as evidence of efforts to improve instruction, while rivals in the mayoral race argued that teachers need better training.
Education
The Harvard-Trained Lawyer Behind Trump’s Fight Against Top Universities
May Mailman is credited as an animating force behind a strategy that has intimidated independent institutions and undercut years of medical and scientific research.
Why Mamdani Might Be Willing to Have Less Power Over Schools
Zohran Mamdani wants to retain the power to name the schools chancellor but would like parents and teachers to have a greater voice.
I Never Understood Our Data-Saturated Life Until a Hurricane Shut It Down
When Helene disconnected my part of North Carolina for weeks, my neighbors and I had to relearn old ways of knowing what was happening — and what wasn’t.
‘Mum had the best grade as we graduated together’
A mother and daughter celebrate a double win after both graduating from the same university course.
Teacher banned for ‘sexually motivated’ messages
Kerim Brown sent sexual messages and a topless picture of himself to a student, a panel finds.
Term-time holiday fines increase by 60%
The council handed out more than 4,000 fixed penalty notices last year.
Plea for exam feedback change after girl’s suicide
The Markeys call for parents to be told of exam results distress after the loss of daughter Helena.
A-level results in England expected to return to near pre-pandemic levels
Career-focused subjects such as business studies and economics to surpass traditional academic disciplines like history in popularity
Students in England are expected to receive A-level grades that are closer to normal for the first time since the Covid pandemic triggered school closures and exam cancellations.
The grades will more closely resemble those given out in 2019, before the pandemic,...
How the University of Edinburgh helped create scientific racism – podcast
Will the University of Edinburgh confront its dark past? Severin Carrell reports
The University of Edinburgh has released a report examining its 400-year history and its connections to slavery, colonialism and the development of scientific racism.
The Guardian’s Scotland editor, Severin Carrell, explains to Nosheen Iqbal how these findings will lead to a lot of soul-searching about how this...
Bard Music Festival: An Innovator in Exile
Bohuslav Martinu, a Czech composer who thrived on the artistic and scientific explosions of the 20th century, is the center of this summer’s programming.
Michelle Obama and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Draw Crowds on Martha’s Vineyard
In Oak Bluffs, film premieres, book fairs and star-studded soirees attracted fans who came for the art and stayed for the community.
Thinking a Lot About Too Little Thinking
Readers respond to a guest essay about illiteracy. Also: The autocrat’s playbook.
Zuckerberg’s Compound Had Something That Violated City Code: A Private School
The school, called BBS, enrolled 14 children in kindergarten through fourth grade and employed three full-time teachers and other staff members.
Computer Science Grads Struggle to Find Jobs in the A.I. Age
As companies like Amazon and Microsoft lay off workers and embrace A.I. coding tools, computer science graduates say they’re struggling to land tech jobs.
Trump administration threatens to strip Harvard University of lucrative patents
White House escalates offensive on Ivy League university by calling for review of federally funded research
The latest phase of the Trump administration’s offensive against Harvard University is a comprehensive review of the university’s federally funded research programs, and the threat to strip the school’s lucrative portfolio of patents.
In a letter to the Harvard president, Alan Garber,...
Trump Wants Admissions Data on Grades and Race, but Who Will Collect It?
The Trump administration has fired nearly everyone who worked at the federal statistics agency that would collect the data the government is seeking.
‘Are we not working class enough?’ Students divided on civil service internship reform
Some feel left out of a new government jobs scheme, but others are excited about the opportunity to get into the civil service.
Trump Wants U.C.L.A. to Pay $1 Billion to Restore Its Research Funding
The Trump administration has ended about $500 million for the Los Angeles-based university. The president said he wanted nearly double that to restart the flow of funds.
Trump Officials Press Case Against Harvard, and Add New Investigation
The administration doubled down against Harvard, asserting that rising violent crime on campus meant the school should not host international students. It will also review the school’s patents.
Trump administration demands $1bn from UCLA to restore federal funding
University of California president says ‘a payment of this scale would completely devastate’ public university system
The Trump administration is seeking a $1bn settlement from the University of California, Los Angeles, a White House official said Friday.
The person was not authorized to speak publicly about the request and spoke on condition of anonymity.
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