What It’s Like to Be a Kid After a Fire Took Almost Everything
All they could grab were stuffed animals, toothbrushes, Barbie dolls and blankets. Their bunk beds, cleats and clothes burned with their houses. The New York Times interviewed 10 children and…
Gunfire and Bandits Make School an Impossible Dream for Haitian Children
The last time Faida Pierre, 10, went to school, her mother found her stranded on the roof of the school’s building, barefoot and crying, while a gang stormed the surrounding…
Gunfire and Bandits Make School an Impossible Dream for Haitian Children
The last time Faida Pierre, 10, went to school, her mother found her stranded on the roof of the school’s building, barefoot and crying, while a gang stormed the surrounding…
Reports of Immigration Agents at Chicago School Set Off Fear, but Are Proved False
When two men bearing federal badges showed up at the entrance of a Chicago public school on Friday morning, school employees did what they had been trained to do. Believing…
Education Dept. Ends Book Ban Investigations
The Education Department said on Friday that it would no longer investigate schools that remove books from their libraries, emphasizing its new stance by dismissing 11 pending civil rights complaints…
Supreme Court to Hear Oklahoma Religious Charter School Case
The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to consider a high-profile case that could open the door to allowing public dollars to directly fund religious schools. The widely watched case out…
Los Angeles Schools Reopen to Relief and Worry About Toxins
More Los Angeles-area schools reopened on Thursday for the first time since wildfires swept the region this month and forced officials to shutter buildings in the areas hit by fires.…
I.C.C. Prosecutor Seeks Arrest of Taliban Leader for Persecuting Afghan Women and Girls
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said on Thursday he had requested arrest warrants for the supreme leader of Afghanistan’s Taliban government and the country’s chief justice for…
Gunman Injures 2 at Nashville High School, Then Shoots Himself, Police Say
A gunman opened fire inside a high school in Nashville on Wednesday, wounding two people before shooting himself, the police said. The Nashville Metropolitan Police Department said it was investigating…
Supreme Court to Hear Case on Religious Objections to L.G.B.T.Q. Storybooks
The Supreme Court announced on Friday that it would enter a new battlefield in the culture wars, agreeing to decide whether the Constitution guarantees parents of students in public schools…
