Trump Walks Back Threat to Defund Black Colleges
Some African-American educators were left feeling used, many black politicians were enraged and some demanded that President Trump show his support by offering more funding.
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CreditChristian Hansen for The New York Times The Broken Promises of Choice in New York City Schools
The city’s high school admissions process was supposed to give every student a real chance to attend a good school. But 14 years in, it has not delivered.
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CreditSandy Huffaker for The New York Times On Campuses Far From China, Still Under Beijing’s Watchful Eye
A group for Chinese students has worked in tandem with Beijing to promote a pro-Chinese agenda and tamp down anti-Chinese speech on Western campuses.
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CreditStephen Crowley/The New York Times Economic View
The Wrong Way to Fix Student Debt
Americans owe more than a trillion dollars in student debt. Regulatory changes by the Trump administration are taking us in the wrong direction.
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CreditQuinn Dunlea F.B.I. Helping American University Investigate Bananas Found Hanging From Nooses
Monday marked the first time a black woman has ever served as American University’s student government president. That same day, the bananas appeared.
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CreditCharlie Mahoney for The New York Times Harvard Law Expands Deferral Program, Pushing Students to Gain Work Experience
The move, which will allow accepted juniors to spend at least two years working, is part of an effort to encourage a more diverse pool of students to pursue a law degree.
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CreditAlex Wong/Getty Images Trump Takes Aim at School Lunch Guidelines and a Girls’ Education Program
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announced that school lunches would no longer have to meet some of the Obama administration’s dietary guidelines.
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CreditJeff Swensen for The New York Times Shaming Children So Parents Will Pay the School Lunch Bill
As school districts struggle under the burden of unpaid lunch debt, many of them resort to tactics that stigmatize children.
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CreditSandy Huffaker for The New York Times Looking to Cross the Border From Mexico, Into the N.C.A.A.
Cetys University is making an ambitious bid to become the first Mexican member of the N.C.A.A.
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CreditKarsten Moran for The New York Times Family by Family, How School Segregation Still Happens
Decisions in a district in Upper Manhattan offer a look at a persistent problem in public education that, for now, is without a solution.
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CreditAl Drago/The New York Times Vouchers Found to Lower Test Scores in Washington Schools
An Education Department study found that students who switched to private schools under the system had lower results than their peers, but found their new schools safer by a large margin.
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Most New York City Schools Had High Lead Levels, Retests Find
In a second round of water testing, 83 percent of school buildings had at least one outlet with levels above the E.P.A.’s threshold for action.
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CreditBenjamin Norman for The New York Times SUNY Is Set to Make Kristina Johnson, an Engineer, Its Chancellor
She will arrive at a time when state funding as a percentage of operating costs is down and colleges are under pressure to increase access for low-income students.
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CreditHilary Swift for The New York Times Scientists, Feeling Under Siege, March Against Trump Policies
Thousands of scientists and science enthusiasts took to the streets in Washington and around the world on Saturday to protest.
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