A Times reporter reflects on the Trump administration's efforts to dismantle the Department of Education. By Terence McGinley Times Insider explains who we are and what we do and delivers ...

While this may be a good time to take advantage of the public’s attention, it’s also a time when teachers increasingly fear repercussions for offending students. By Alina Tugend This article is from a ...

Civics education, long a source of tense political debates about the content of the curriculum, has become even more of a minefield for teachers and schools in recent months. Through an executive ...

Vladimir Kogan is a professor of political science at Ohio State University and the author of the new book No Adult Left Behind: How Politics Hijacks Education Policy and Hurts Kids. The book drew ...

University of Toronto provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA. University of Toronto provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. There is a widely held misconception ...

U.S. senators who put pressure on the Trump administration and the U.S. Department of Education were joined by millions of Americans in a sigh of relief when the remaining $5 billion in federal ...

W e write as scholars of academic freedom to respond to the proposed “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.” We are politically diverse and do not share common views about the wisdom of ...

In the last few weeks of her 2016 campaign against Donald Trump, then-presidential candidate Hillary Clinton delivered a stark warning to a Florida crowd: Trump’s “final target is democracy itself.” ...

American universities and professors are under attack, facing political repression, economic threats, and psychological trauma. These attacks are part of a larger effort to suppress dissent and ...

A 2025 National "Teacher of the Year" recipient said on Friday that the profession is "deeply political." "Who am I if I'm not teaching? What happens if I walk away? But then something shifted.

This is Cade Brumley in his element. Louisiana’s state superintendent of education parks his Ford Expedition outside of a rural elementary school. He greets a school district official and asks about ...