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Author: BY SAM ROBERTS - Publish Date: December 12, 2021 at 01:23AM He helped focus the nation on bombings and police abuse in Alabama in the 1960s and, later, on problems with the education of Black students in Brooklyn.

Author: BY ANDREW SOLOMON - Publish Date: November 24, 2021 at 03:02AM Andrew Solomon never expected his books to come under threat in America. But as he writes in this essay, attacks on books are on the rise here, and one of his is under investigation by a state legislature.

Author: Unknown Author - Publish Date: November 11, 2021 at 11:26PM Readers debate proposed guidelines that would change the way math is taught in the state. Also: Saving Earth's forests.

Author: BY ELIZA SHAPIRO - Publish Date: October 30, 2021 at 12:56AM The city lost by far the largest number of students in its recent history between the fall of 2019 and the fall of 2020.

Author: BY PRECIOUS FONDREN - Publish Date: October 20, 2021 at 12:19AM Attendance rates for students living in shelters fell to just 73 percent in the first few weeks of the new school year, compared with around 90 percent for all students.

Author: BY ELIZA SHAPIRO - Publish Date: October 16, 2021 at 12:22AM Eric Adams, the likely next mayor of New York City, rebuked Mayor Bill de Blasio’s plan for gifted education. It’s not clear what exactly Mr. Adams will do.

Author: BY JOHNNY DIAZ - Publish Date: October 16, 2021 at 12:20AM State lawmakers and the Anti-Defamation League condemned a school official’s advice to “make sure that if you have a book on the Holocaust, that you have one that has an opposing, that has other perspectives.”

Author: BY AMANDA MORRIS - Publish Date: September 30, 2021 at 11:45PM The Department of Justice filed a court brief saying that the ban runs afoul of federal law if, as parents claim, it is preventing their disabled children from safely attending public schools.

Author: BY MARA GAY - Publish Date: September 30, 2021 at 02:00AM Unions are hurting their members and the rest of us by fighting vaccine mandates.

Author: BY AMELIA NIERENBERG - Publish Date: September 30, 2021 at 12:13AM Fewer works mean fewer hot meals for students.

Author: Unknown Author - Publish Date: September 29, 2021 at 12:43AM Vaccine mandates in hospitals and schools; Haitians and immigration policy; abortion and Republicans.

Author: BY ELIZA SHAPIRO - Publish Date: September 25, 2021 at 12:10AM Thousands of Department of Education employees still haven’t received their first doses or haven’t submitted proof of vaccination.

Author: BY CAMPBELL ROBERTSON - Publish Date: September 23, 2021 at 12:12AM As his state was battered by Covid-19, Gov. Jim Justice of West Virginia applied to coach a boys’ team in his spare time. When the school board rejected him, he threatened to haul the members before a judge.

Author: BY THE NEW YORK TIMES - Publish Date: September 21, 2021 at 02:19AM Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York said the city would start weekly coronavirus testing at all public schools starting next week, and relax quarantine rules for unvaccinated students to bring them in line with C.D.C. guidance.

Author: BY PATRICIA MAZZEI - Publish Date: September 11, 2021 at 02:07AM The ruling reverses the decision of a lower court judge who had put the ban on hold and allowed the state’s largest school districts to require face coverings amid a deadly coronavirus surge.

Author: BY JOHN MCWHORTER - Publish Date: September 4, 2021 at 02:00AM Shelve the fad methods. There’s one tried-and-true way, and it works for children of all races and classes.

Author: BY PATRICIA MAZZEI - Publish Date: August 27, 2021 at 11:56PM The governor’s legal team had previously indicated it will appeal the ruling to a more conservative appellate court.

Author: Unknown Author - Publish Date: August 27, 2021 at 11:52PM Readers discuss their safety and educational concerns as schools start to reopen.  Also: The mistake in Afghanistan; Black homeowners; environmentally conscious tote bags.

Author: BY JENNIFER KRAUSS - Publish Date: August 27, 2021 at 11:41PM 8 new picture books explore the many different paths to fall learning.

Author: BY AMELIA NIERENBERG - Publish Date: August 25, 2021 at 11:40PM Debates rage over masks and vaccines.