Education

A crowd gathers to support a strike against the LAUSD.

Shutting Down The District

LA school district in turmoil after 30,000 employees go on strike

People protesting the takeover of the Houston Independent School District.

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takeovers

Texas is taking over the Houston Independent School District

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Instant opinion

Is it time to ditch the SAT?

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Briefing

A guide to Biden's student loan forgiveness program

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Toxic

Who is poisoning Iran's schoolgirls, and why hasn't Tehran stopped them?

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The big debate

The pros and cons of student loan forgiveness

Hughes Memorial Auditorium at Asbury University.

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Briefing

The Asbury University revival, explained

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'sick and twisted'

Vanderbilt apologizes for using ChatGPT to pen email post-MSU shooting

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Briefing

Why are grad schools boycotting the U.S. News & World Report rankings?

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Harold Maass

Ron DeSantis vs. the College Board?

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Advanced appeasement?

College Board appeases conservatives over AP African American studies

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Cheat code

OpenAI debuts 'imperfect' tool to catch ChatGPT-generated cheating

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Briefing

Turning schools into fortresses

The Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.

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'remarkably good'

ChatGPT passed a Wharton MBA exam, and academics are taking note

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Theara Coleman

Is ChatGPT a threat to English class?

Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Ron DeSantis.

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Briefing

What Sarah Huckabee Sanders learned from DeSantis

U.S. Supreme Court building from left side

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a bad IDEA?

How a Supreme Court ruling could make it harder for disabled students to resolve problems

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Briefing

Everything you need to know about the new student loan payment proposal

The entrance to the Auschwitz concentration camp.

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Never Forget

UAE becomes 1st Middle Eastern country to mandate Holocaust education in schools

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jailhouse rock

College admissions scandal mastermind sentenced to 3.5 years in prison

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'flawed' rankings reboot

U.S. News & World Report responds to boycott with new criteria for rankings

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making history

Claudine Gay named Harvard University's 1st Black president

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'unnecessarily perilous choice'

Biden administration to ask SCOTUS to unblock student debt relief plan

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we'll be right back

Student loan relief application paused after judge blocks program

Keyboard with student loan repayment key

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forgive and forget

Education Department revamps student loan relief programs

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Theara Coleman

The debate over critical race theory, explained

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Briefing

Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' bill, explained

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Harold Maass

Was closing schools a mistake?

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report card

Students' math and reading scores are 'devastating,' national exam reveals

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Challenge denied

Federal courts block 2 challenges to Biden's students debt relief plan

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Briefing

Battling over books

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School's out...of money

Harvard's record endowment shrinks

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Briefing

The Los Angeles Unified School District cyberattack, explained

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Suspicious Package

Exploding package injures Northeastern University staff member

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Data Drama

Columbia admits giving outdated data for college rankings list