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In Public Schools, the N.R.A. Gets a Boost From Junior R.O.T.C.
Instructors in military-sponsored J.R.O.T.C. classes have offered to promote the N.R.A. in high schools in exchange for money for their marksmanship programs.
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A.I. Will Change Education. Don’t Let It Worsen Inequality.
Plato mourned the invention of the alphabet, worried that the use of text would threaten traditional memory-based arts of rhetoric. In his “Dialogues,” arguing through the voice of Thamus, the Egyptian king of the gods, Plato claimed the use of this ...
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A Sign That Tuition Is Too High: Some Colleges Are Hacking It in Half
Colby-Sawyer in New Hampshire has reduced its tuition to $17,500 a year, from about $46,000. But the cut is also a recognition that few pay the list price.
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Why Some Hasidic Children Can’t Leave Failing Schools
Listen to This Article To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android. Beatrice Weber wakes up most mornings afraid that her son’s Hasidic Jewish school is setting him up to fail. Her 10 ...
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The World Keeps Spinning, but the Astor Place Cube Is Stuck in Place
The 55-year-old sculpture doesn’t move the way it used to. Those who love it want it to be fixed quickly.
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Thousands of Teens Are Being Pushed Into Military’s Junior R.O.T.C.
In high schools across the country, students are being placed in military classes without electing them on their own. “The only word I can think of is ‘indoctrination,’” one parent said.
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Netanyahu’s New Government Roils Israel Before It’s Even Formed
Efforts by Benjamin Netanyahu to appease his extremist coalition partners have been met with a backlash from Israeli liberals.
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N.Y.U. Putting $1 Billion Into Its Engineering School in Brooklyn
The university is seeking to improve its ranking among competitors and raise New York City’s profile in the technology sector.
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In Oxford School Shooting, Safety Policies Were Overlooked, Say Ex-Board Members
The two former members said they resigned in September so that they could speak more freely about the tragedy last year in Michigan.
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‘Our Schools Have Become Battlefields’: Teachers Consider Arming Themselves in the Classroom
The text message was brief: “I’m hearing there is an active shooter near the school and the kids are on lockdown.” This past week, for the second ...