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  1. The House Republican Going After Universities on Antisemitism

    Representative Virginia Foxx is a blunt partisan. But her life in rural North Carolina informs her attacks against these schools, starting with whether Harvard is truly “elite.”

     By Anemona Hartocollis

    Representative Virginia Foxx at the House committee hearing that led to a national controversy and the resignation of two university presidents.
    Representative Virginia Foxx at the House committee hearing that led to a national controversy and the resignation of two university presidents.
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  1. Harvard and Caltech Will Require Test Scores for Admission

    The universities are the latest highly selective schools to end their policies that made submitting SAT or ACT scores optional.

     By Anemona Hartocollis and Stephanie Saul

    Harvard is the latest in a series of highly competitive universities to reinstate the requirement for test scores.
    CreditAdam Glanzman for The New York Times

  2. ​Why School Absences Have ‘Exploded’ Almost Everywhere

    The pandemic changed families’ lives and the culture of education: “Our relationship with school became optional.”

     By Sarah Mervosh and Francesca Paris

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  3. Jonathan Levin, Dean of Business School, Is Stanford’s New President

    Dr. Levin faces the challenge of guiding the university through politically fraught times.

     By Stephanie Saul

    Jonathan Levin has said that Stanford needs to “get out of the business of making statements on current events.”
    CreditJeff Chiu/Associated Press

  4. ‘It’s our Super Bowl’: This science teacher is going all out for the eclipse.

    Rick Crosslin, a science teacher in Indianapolis, paired up with school maintenance employees to build a giant model of the eclipse.

     By Sarah Mervosh

    Rick Crosslin, a science teacher in an Indianapolis school district, worked on designing a giant model of the eclipse for about six months.
    CreditAJ Mast for The New York Times

  5. U.C. Berkeley Parents Hired Private Security to Patrol Near Campus

    The parents were worried about crime, but the university said that the move raised concerns about training and experience, and that security was better left to its own police force.

     By Lola Fadulu

    The campus of the University of California, Berkeley, last year. A parents group hired security workers to patrol areas near the campus in bright yellow jackets from March 6 to 23.
    CreditMarlena Sloss for The New York Times

  1. Birmingham-Southern College to Close After Failing to Secure State Loan

    After decades of financial mismanagement, the nearly 170-year-old private liberal arts school is set to close at the end of May.

     By Emily Cochrane

    The question of whether Alabama should offer Birmingham-Southern College a loan had forced lawmakers, university officials and students to reckon with whether a classical liberal arts education is still valued in the state.
    CreditWes Frazer for The New York Times

  2. The Man Who Helped Redefine Campus Antisemitism

    In government and as an outsider, Kenneth Marcus has tried to douse what he says is rising bias against Jews. Some see a crackdown on pro-Palestinian speech.

     By Vimal Patel

    Kenneth Marcus, the founder of the Brandeis Center, at his home outside Washington, D.C.
    CreditAmanda Andrade-Rhoades for The New York Times

  3. Birmingham-Southern College to Close After Failing to Secure State Loan

    After decades of financial mismanagement, the nearly 170-year-old private liberal arts school is set to close at the end of May.

     By Emily Cochrane

    The question of whether Alabama should offer Birmingham-Southern College a loan had forced lawmakers, university officials and students to reckon with whether a classical liberal arts education is still valued in the state.
    CreditWes Frazer for The New York Times

  4. Here’s What It’s Like to Take the New SAT

    Students will take a new SAT on Saturday. It’s all digital, and the reading and writing sections do away with page-long reading excerpts with eight to 11 questions.

     By Dana Goldstein

    CreditJoe Raedle/Getty Image

  5. No More No. 2 Pencils: The SAT Goes Fully Digital

    The new format cuts nearly an hour out of the exam and has shorter reading passages.

     By Dana Goldstein

    After 98 years of students scratching answers on paper, the SAT will now be fully digital.
    CreditAlex Brandon/Associated Press

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  1. Back to School and Back to Normal. Or at Least Close Enough.

    As school began this year, we sent reporters to find out how much — or how little — has changed since the pandemic changed everything.

     By The New York Times

    First graders at Vare-Washington Elementary School in Philadelphia.
    CreditHannah Yoon for The New York Times

  2. At the Edge of a Cliff, Some Colleges Are Teaming Up to Survive

    Faced with declining enrollment, smaller schools are harnessing innovative ideas — like course sharing — to attract otherwise reluctant students.

     By Jon Marcus

    Adrian College is a liberal arts school of just over 1,600 undergraduates in Michigan.
    CreditErin Kirkland for The New York Times

  3. Community Schools Offer More Than Just Teaching

    The concept has been around for a while, but the pandemic reinforced the importance of providing support to families and students to enhance learning.

     By Alina Tugend

    Students at Dr. Michael D. Fox elementary school wear light blue and khaki uniforms. The community school in Hartford, Conn., works with 10 to 20 organizations to help students and families.
    CreditIke Abakah for The New York Times

  4. Could Tutoring Be the Best Tool for Fighting Learning Loss?

    In-school tutoring is not a silver bullet. But it may help students and schools reduce some pandemic-related slides in achievement.

     By Anna Nordberg

    Joi Mitchell didn’t want to follow family members into classroom teaching but found a way to work with students by serving as a tutor, including on the Cardozo campus.
    CreditJason Andrew for The New York Times

  5. Meeting the Mental Health Challenge in School and at Home

    From kindergarten through college, educators are experimenting with ways to ease the stress students are facing — not only from the pandemic, but from life itself.

     By Eilene Zimmerman

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  3. Take This Dance Class and Call Me in the Morning

    Prescriptions for social activities, exercise and the arts — first popularized in Britain — are coming to America. But some experts say the U.S. health care system may get in the way.

    By Christina Caron

     
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