Education

Behind on Student Loans? Here’s What to Do Now for the New Year

Behind on Student Loans? Here’s What to Do Now for the ...

NYT > Education, Jan 4, 2026 - 15:52

Millions of borrowers who are behind can expect the government to tighten repaym...

Big Changes Are Coming to Student Loans. Here’s What to Know if You’re Struggling.

Big Changes Are Coming to Student Loans. Here’s What to...

NYT > Education, Jan 3, 2026 - 16:52

Millions of borrowers who are behind can expect the government to tighten the op...

As Schools Embrace A.I. Tools, Skeptics Raise Concerns

As Schools Embrace A.I. Tools, Skeptics Raise Concerns

NYT > Education, Jan 3, 2026 - 16:52

More governments are rolling out chatbots in schools. Some experts warn the tool...

A Study Is Retracted, Renewing Concerns About the Weedkiller Roundup

A Study Is Retracted, Renewing Concerns About the Weedk...

NYT > Education, Jan 3, 2026 - 16:52

Problems with a 25-year-old landmark paper on the safety of Roundup’s active ing...

One Week Without Smartphones on a College Campus

One Week Without Smartphones on a College Campus

NYT > Education, Jan 3, 2026 - 16:52

A student-organized “tech fast” at St. John’s College thrust young people headfi...

Mamdani Names Top Deputies for Child Care, Operations and Climate

Mamdani Names Top Deputies for Child Care, Operations a...

NYT > Education, Dec 31, 2025 - 18:20

Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect, announced several key appointments who could he...

One Lawyer’s Standoff With Trump’s Deportation Machine

One Lawyer’s Standoff With Trump’s Deportation Machine

NYT > Education, Dec 31, 2025 - 04:56

Mahsa Khanbabai’s client, a graduate student, had been whisked away by masked ag...

Mamdani Chooses a Veteran N.Y.C. Education Leader as Schools Chancellor

Mamdani Chooses a Veteran N.Y.C. Education Leader as Sc...

NYT > Education, Dec 30, 2025 - 22:23

The selection of Kamar Samuels, who leads schools on the West Side of Manhattan,...

Mamdani Promised Universal Child Care. How Long Could It Take?

Mamdani Promised Universal Child Care. How Long Could I...

NYT > Education, Dec 30, 2025 - 14:24

Here is what to expect if you’re expecting relief from the soaring cost of day c...

Encouraging Kids to Read Whole Books

Encouraging Kids to Read Whole Books

NYT > Education, Dec 30, 2025 - 14:24

Readers find a classroom trend of assigning shorter texts “troubling.” Also: Rea...

Harvard’s Anti-Woke Era Has Arrived. It’s Even More Stifling.

Harvard’s Anti-Woke Era Has Arrived. It’s Even More Sti...

NYT > Education, Dec 29, 2025 - 13:26

Wasn’t this supposed to be the golden era of free expression on college campuses?

Zelensky and Netanyahu Go to Mar-a-Lago, and Student Loan Borrowers Face New Reality

Zelensky and Netanyahu Go to Mar-a-Lago, and Student Lo...

NYT > Education, Dec 29, 2025 - 13:26

Plus, food trends coming in 2026.

More Student Loan Borrowers Are Shedding Debts in Bankruptcy

More Student Loan Borrowers Are Shedding Debts in Bankr...

NYT > Education, Dec 27, 2025 - 09:56

A new study suggests that distressed borrowers using a simpler bankruptcy proces...

Sal Khan: A.I. Will Displace Workers at a Scale Many Don’t Realize

Sal Khan: A.I. Will Displace Workers at a Scale Many Do...

NYT > Education, Dec 27, 2025 - 09:56

Companies benefiting from A.I. should donate a small percentage of their profits...

Should Colleges End Early Decision?

Should Colleges End Early Decision?

NYT > Education, Dec 26, 2025 - 13:25

Readers respond to a guest essay arguing that it is an unfair “racket. Also: An ...

John Carey, Literary Eminence Who Excoriated Snobbery, Dies at 91

John Carey, Literary Eminence Who Excoriated Snobbery, ...

NYT > Education, Dec 25, 2025 - 15:25

An Oxford professor and renowned critic, he was pugnacious, fearless and disdain...

They Were Supposed to Protect Young Workers. Instead, They Cashed In.

They Were Supposed to Protect Young Workers. Instead, T...

NYT > Education, Dec 25, 2025 - 14:56

Profit-seekers co-opted America’s premier cultural exchange program, the J-1 vis...

The Class Where ‘Screenagers’ Train to Navigate Social Media and A.I.

The Class Where ‘Screenagers’ Train to Navigate Social ...

NYT > Education, Dec 25, 2025 - 14:56

New technologies are complicating efforts to teach the scrolling generation to t...

Mixed Grades for Home-Schooling

Mixed Grades for Home-Schooling

NYT > Education, Dec 24, 2025 - 14:45

Readers offer personal stories in response to a guest essay critical of home-sch...

Hopes for Mamdani’s Vision for Child Care

Hopes for Mamdani’s Vision for Child Care

NYT > Education, Dec 23, 2025 - 14:05

Readers respond to a guest essay on the best approaches for universal child care...

Brown Police Chief Rodney Chatman Placed on Leave Amid Trump Investigation Following Shooting

Brown Police Chief Rodney Chatman Placed on Leave Amid ...

NYT > Education, Dec 23, 2025 - 13:15

The Department of Education is looking at whether security at Brown University, ...

2025 Slang Quiz: Do You Know Words That Helped Define the Year?

2025 Slang Quiz: Do You Know Words That Helped Define t...

NYT > Education, Dec 23, 2025 - 13:15

An assortment of absurd, useful and funny words and phrases entered the vernacul...

The Origins of Jeffrey Epstein

The Origins of Jeffrey Epstein

NYT > Education, Dec 23, 2025 - 13:15

A Times investigation revealed the truth of how Mr. Epstein, a college dropout, ...

Student Loan Borrowers in Default Could See Wages Garnished in Early 2026

Student Loan Borrowers in Default Could See Wages Garni...

NYT > Education, Dec 23, 2025 - 13:15

Starting the week of Jan. 7, the Dept. of Education will begin sending notices a...

Book Review: ‘Captives and Companions,’ by Justin Marozzi and ‘The Intellectual Origins of American Slavery,' by John Samuel Harpham.

Book Review: ‘Captives and Companions,’ by Justin Maroz...

NYT > Education, Dec 23, 2025 - 13:15

In “Captives and Companions,” Justin Marozzi traces the stories of the eunuchs, ...

Scott C. Beardsley Named University of Virginia’s New President

Scott C. Beardsley Named University of Virginia’s New P...

NYT > Education, Dec 20, 2025 - 08:10

The selection of Scott Beardsley by the G.O.P.-appointed board comes after the p...

James B. Hunt Jr., North Carolina Governor Who Kept State Blue, Dies at 88

James B. Hunt Jr., North Carolina Governor Who Kept Sta...

NYT > Education, Dec 20, 2025 - 08:10

During his 16 years in office, he earned national acclaim for his focus on educa...

A ‘Timeout Box’ in an Elementary School Draws Outrage: ‘This is Not OK’

A ‘Timeout Box’ in an Elementary School Draws Outrage: ...

NYT > Education, Dec 20, 2025 - 08:10

An upstate New York district, where most students are Native American, placed it...

We Owe It to College Students to Create Tech-Free Spaces

We Owe It to College Students to Create Tech-Free Spaces

NYT > Education, Dec 19, 2025 - 06:06

Adults need to set up rules for students so that it’s not on them to self-regula...

College Is Still Worthwhile. This Organization Proves It.

College Is Still Worthwhile. This Organization Proves It.

NYT > Education, Dec 19, 2025 - 06:06

Monica-Grace Mukendi’s career demonstrates the lasting impact of OneGoal, a nonp...

Brown University Shooting Suspect Found Dead, and Trump Eases Marijuana Restrictions

Brown University Shooting Suspect Found Dead, and Trump...

NYT > Education, Dec 19, 2025 - 06:06

Plus, your Friday news quiz.

Falling Enrollment, Money Woes: The New School Seeks a Path to Survival

Falling Enrollment, Money Woes: The New School Seeks a ...

NYT > Education, Dec 19, 2025 - 03:40

The New York City university has embarked on an overhaul that some professors an...

Eric Adams’ Efforts to Help Dyslexic Children in NYC Fall Short, Advocates Say

Eric Adams’ Efforts to Help Dyslexic Children in NYC Fa...

NYT > Education, Dec 18, 2025 - 17:34

Mayor Adams took notable steps toward improving reading instruction in New York....

Sleep Cots and Graham Crackers at Elon Musk’s Child Care Program

Sleep Cots and Graham Crackers at Elon Musk’s Child Car...

NYT > Education, Dec 18, 2025 - 06:40

Mr. Musk has ambitions to remake education, but his latest effort to open an ele...

Is Applying to College Via Early Decision a Good Idea? Here’s What Your Income Has to Do With It.

Is Applying to College Via Early Decision a Good Idea? ...

NYT > Education, Dec 18, 2025 - 06:40

Early decision isn’t just for the rich, as long as people with lower incomes can...

What Happens When You Send a Girl to School

What Happens When You Send a Girl to School

NYT > Education, Dec 18, 2025 - 06:40

Joyce Arthur says she is a living testimony to the benefit of investing in Afric...

Harvard Secretly Investigates Students Over Larry Summers Video on Epstein

Harvard Secretly Investigates Students Over Larry Summe...

NYT > Education, Dec 17, 2025 - 14:52

The students face discipline for recording Mr. Summers, the former Harvard presi...

ICE Arrests Disrupt Schools, Prompting Fear Among Families

ICE Arrests Disrupt Schools, Prompting Fear Among Families

NYT > Education, Dec 17, 2025 - 14:52

President Trump’s immigration crackdown has at times resulted in arrests near sc...

Ex-Harvard Medical Morgue Manager Who Sold Body Parts Gets 8-Year Sentence

Ex-Harvard Medical Morgue Manager Who Sold Body Parts G...

NYT > Education, Dec 17, 2025 - 14:52

Cedric Lodge, and his wife, Denise Lodge, stole and sold donated human remains i...

At Many Top Law Schools, Black Student Enrollment Continues to Drop

At Many Top Law Schools, Black Student Enrollment Conti...

NYT > Education, Dec 16, 2025 - 17:06

The New York Times examined data from 18 of the nation’s top law schools and fou...

What We Know About the Brown University Shooting

What We Know About the Brown University Shooting

NYT > Education, Dec 16, 2025 - 14:22

The authorities are still searching for the gunman who killed two people on the ...

The Untold Story of How Jeffrey Epstein Got Rich

The Untold Story of How Jeffrey Epstein Got Rich

NYT > Education, Dec 16, 2025 - 14:22

For years, rumors swirled about where his wealth came from. A Times investigatio...

A Family Transformed by a Special-Needs Preschool

A Family Transformed by a Special-Needs Preschool

NYT > Education, Dec 16, 2025 - 05:36

For the mother of a son and a daughter with autism, the Kennedy Children’s Cente...

Harvard’s President Will Stay in the Role Indefinitely

Harvard’s President Will Stay in the Role Indefinitely

NYT > Education, Dec 15, 2025 - 19:04

Alan M. Garber was appointed after his predecessor resigned under pressure. He h...

Trump’s Diversity Rollback Ends Crucial Aid for Deafblind Children Like Annie Garner

Trump’s Diversity Rollback Ends Crucial Aid for Deafbli...

NYT > Education, Dec 15, 2025 - 17:02

A program for deafblind children helped 3-year-old Annie Garner, born with poor ...

Harvard, Yale and Other Universities Boost Security After Brown Shooting

Harvard, Yale and Other Universities Boost Security Aft...

NYT > Education, Dec 15, 2025 - 14:38

A gunman who killed two students at Brown University is still at large. There we...

A Gift That Gets Children Reading

A Gift That Gets Children Reading

NYT > Education, Dec 15, 2025 - 06:05

Early access to high-quality books can transform lives, improve educational outc...

The Conservative Overhaul of the University of Texas Is Underway

The Conservative Overhaul of the University of Texas Is...

NYT > Education, Dec 13, 2025 - 15:31

The school has been brought to heel by conservative critics of higher education....

We Should Teach Our Students How to Think, Not What to Believe

We Should Teach Our Students How to Think, Not What to ...

NYT > Education, Dec 13, 2025 - 14:01

Gaza has turned California classrooms into political battlegrounds.

Teachers Became Activists, and Censorship Followed

Teachers Became Activists, and Censorship Followed

NYT > Education, Dec 13, 2025 - 07:36

Gaza has turned California classrooms into political battlegrounds.