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After a tornado, he rebuilt schools at lightning speed. Then came the hard work.

One superintendent is trying to apply what he’s learned to other shattered districts — and reckoning with the toll of the disaster on his own life.

Can students embrace tech innovation without losing critical thinking skills?

Kids are not only using A.I. to answer questions. They’re using it to identify which questions to ask.

Why this small Dutch town is teaching ‘Adolescence’ in school

The Netflix series is seen as a way to kindle debate about gender roles and to confront online bullying.

One school district’s fight against trump’s anti-transgender push

Jefferson County, Colo., is one of the few public school systems to sue the Trump administration over demands that it revoke transgender protections or face funding cuts.

How big tech captured American schools

Companies like Google and Microsoft have used their money, their might and their massive reach to influence nearly every step of the education supply chain.

When a Texas school police officer got ‘riled up’ over a defiant teen

The incident, one of thousands of times that school officers in Texas have used physical force in recent years, underscores long-held concerns about policing in schools.

Texans Try new tactic to remove Ten Commandments from schools

A lawsuit filed by three parents argues that the displays violate a state religious freedom law and asks for them to be removed before school starts in August.

To recruit teachers, school districts are building homes

Carolina Sanchez Garcia, a teacher at Rosa Parks Elementary in San Diego, used to wake up at 3 a.m. to leave enough time to drive to work as her children slept in the back seat.

Sally the robot was coming to a New York school. Then the plug was pulled.

Students helped design the A.I.-powered creation as a young female with dark hair and an upbeat personality. Then came the outrage.

Disability groups fear RFK Jr.’s new special education role

Alienated by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s claims about autism, advocates for disabled students are sounding the alarm about the Trump administration's shifting special education programs to his department.

Trump law would also direct voucher money to public schools

The law, which creates the first-ever federal voucher program, is designed, in part, to lure Democrats. It’s unclear how many blue states will sign up.

Texas school police pepper-sprayed, tackled and tasered students

School officers across the state turned to heavy-handed tactics on children, often in response to minor misbehavior, The New York Times investigation shows.

Teachers’ union urges schools to curb AI chatbots and screen time

The American Federation of Teachers recommended “no screens” at all for those in second grade or younger, and no A.I. chatbots for students in elementary school.

U.S. schools face a crisis as the number of children drops

Declining enrollment has hit many of the nation’s largest urban school districts, including Los Angeles, Chicago and New York, a New York Times analysis found. But smaller and suburban districts are shrinking at a similar rate.

In backlash against tech in schools, parents are winning rollbacks

From Salt Lake City to New York City, parents are demanding more sway over the digital tools that schools give children.