Texas vs. Plato: Censorship in the Academy
Readers respond to a guest essay about the state’s effort to bar “officially disapproved ideas” from its university classrooms.
Education
The long-term cost of high student debt in the UK is not just for graduates | Heather Stewart
Labour’s changes to the student loan system have turned frustration into full-blown fury, which its opponents are likely to reap at the ballot box
Student loans: ‘My debt rose £20,000 to £77,000 even though I’m paying’
“It is not right that people who don’t go to university are having to bear all the cost for others to do so,” Rachel Reeves remarked this week, amid the increasingly angry...
Private school parents targeted by fraudsters stealing fee payments
Some families have lost up to £10,000 after being duped into sending money to fraudsters’ bank accounts
Foreign students attending independent schools in the UK are being targeted by fraudsters seeking to intercept their fee payments, according to new research.
Some families have lost up to £10,000 after being duped into sending money to the bank account of a criminal, after receiving a fake...
Student loan system ‘fair and reasonable’, says Reeves
The chancellor’s defence comes after Martin Lewis called her freeze on student loans “not a moral thing”.
When the Doctor Needs a Checkup
The physician work force is aging fast, and some hospitals now require that older clinicians undergo testing for cognitive decline. Many have resisted.
Solutions for the Crisis in Classical Music
Readers discuss ways to rescue the industry.
Eton head apologises after former teacher jailed for sexual assault
Jacob Leland, who taught Russian, jailed for three years for sexually assaulting student on school trip
The headteacher of Eton College has apologised and said he was “appalled” after a former teacher was jailed for sexually assaulting a pupil.
Jacob Leland, who taught Russian, was jailed on Friday for three years and three months for sexually assaulting one of his students during a school...
How Fear of ICE Upended Life in One Minnesota School District
In Fridley, a Minneapolis suburb, school officials are driving nervous teachers and buying families groceries. At dismissal, the superintendent patrols for federal agents.
After Affirmative Action Win, Conservatives Sue to Push Change Everywhere
Lawyers have filed lawsuits against corporations, law firms, health care companies, art groups and nonprofits. And they are mostly winning.
Parents want to ban smartphones in schools, but there’s one reason they’re worried
The House of Lords is soon due to debate whether to introduce a legal ban on smartphones in schools.
After ICE Took Liam Conejo Ramos, 2 Students From Same School Enter Detention
The school’s principal said he brought two children to federal custody at the request of their mother, who was detained. Last week, another student, Liam Conejo Ramos, was picked up by immigration agents.
Florida Universities Partnered With ICE, Stoking Anxiety Among Students
It is rare for schools to work in concert with immigration officials, and it remains unclear if the partnerships have led to deportations.
Children Were Arrested in Iran’s Brutal Crackdown on Protests
An Iranian government official said some children had been detained, the first such acknowledgment in weeks of anti-government protests.
In Science We Trust. Or Do We?
Readers respond to a guest essay about the methods and reliability of science. Also: Opioid addiction; judges and presidents; cursive writing.
Texas A&M Ends Women’s Studies and Overhauls Hundreds of Classes on Race and Gender
New policies limiting the teaching of race and gender issues led administrators and professors to change hundreds of courses. School leaders say the rules could hurt A&M’s reputation.
A Farewell Column From David Brooks
After 22 wonderful years, I’ve decided to take the exciting and terrifying step of leaving in order to try to build something new.
Girls Are Ahead in Reading at Every Age. Can Boys Catch Up?
Boys’ reading struggles are not inevitable, research suggests, and addressing the deficit could improve outcomes in school and beyond.
Young People Are Using A.I. to Skip the Hardest Part of Growing Up
Artificial intelligence is replacing young people’s social intuitions.
Seven in 10 Africans are under 30 – invest in them and they will change the world | Monica Geingos
The countries that invest in youth now will be the ones that define global innovation in the coming years
Monica Geingos is founder of Leadership Lab Yetu and former first lady of Namibia
For the first time in our history, more than 70% of Africans are under the age of 30. This, along with entrenched inequalities, poverty, unemployment and socioeconomic fault lines, is reshaping how our...
Educator Who Read ‘I Need a New Butt!’ to Students Wins Job Back in Court
An appellate court ruled that the firing of the former assistant principal of an elementary school in Mississippi in 2022 had been “arbitrary and capricious.”
A Solution for Too Many A’s? Harvard Considers Giving A-Pluses
Harvard University has been trying to cut back how many A grades professors give. Now, 53 percent of grades are A’s, down from 60 percent.