The Trump administration has been scrutinizing the University of California, Berkeley, which insists its new program will be a nonpartisan venture. Read more ...
Most states teach history by subject. Texas will go chronologically, starting with ancient history and reaching World War II by seventh grade. Read more ...
The university hired a high-powered law firm to try to reach an agreement with the Justice Department over claims its admissions practices hurt white and Asian applicants. Read more ...
By Michael S. Schmidt, Alan Blinder and Michael C. Bender
Texas passed what may be the first state-mandated book list for public school students. It focuses on classic literature and includes Bible excerpts. Read more ...
One nonprofit, Defending Education, initiated nearly a dozen civil rights investigations targeting diversity programs and transgender policies. Read more ...
Huge memory-chip profits from the global A.I. boom have increased interest in semiconductor factory work. But behind the hype are uncertain job prospects. Read more ...
A group of government interns is campaigning for a paid wage, reigniting a debate over ethics and opportunity in one of the world’s most expensive cities. Read more ...
In a notice flagging a series of problems with a clinical trial, the journal Nature Medicine said its editors “no longer have confidence in the integrity of the results.” Read more ...
The city had accused Jasmine Ray of fiscal mismanagement. She said that she had been unfairly targeted because of her ties to the former mayor. Read more ...
Andres Chait is a district veteran who has helped keep peace with labor unions. He started in the classroom and now runs a district with hundreds of thousands of students. Read more ...
Instead of home-schooling her daughter, she spent hundreds of millions of dollars building an idiosyncratic educational institution in the Hamptons. Read more ...
A legal challenge to a law that takes effect this week has doubled the amount certain graduate students can borrow from the federal government to $50,000 per year. Read more ...
As partisan tensions swirl around festivities in Washington, red and blue states alike are leaning into complex history — and their own stories. Read more ...
