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The Surprising Obstacle to Overhauling How Children Learn to Read

By: Troy Closson
New York is the latest large city to join a national push to change how children are taught to read. But principals and teachers may resist uprooting old practices.

New York City is mandating that all of its elementary schools change how they teach reading. Some may not make the change willingly.

The School Where the Pandemic Never Ended

By: Meg Bernhard
As the nation’s schools ‘return to normal,’ teachers in an L.A. neighborhood hit hard by Covid are left to manage their students’ grief — and their own.

Chicago’s Mayoral Race Pits the Teachers Union Against the Police Union

By: Jonathan Weisman
In a city known for its unions, two loom over the Paul Vallas-Brandon Johnson race, and no labor leader is as significant as the incendiary president of the Fraternal Order of Police.

Chicago mayoral candidates Brandon Johnson and Paul Vallas. The race will end with a fiercely contested runoff election on April 4.

Los Angeles Schools and 30,000 Workers Reach Tentative Deal After Strike

By: Corina Knoll · Adeel Hassan and Shawn Hubler
The three-day walkout included Los Angeles Unified School District teachers, gardeners, bus drivers, cafeteria workers and special education assistants.

Los Angeles school employees and supporters rallied in Los Angeles State Historic Park on Thursday.

Los Angeles Schools Shut Down After LAUSD Workers Launch 3-Day Strike

By: Corina Knoll · Kurtis Lee and Ana Facio-Krajcer
The work stoppage began early Tuesday morning with a picket line at a district bus yard.

The strike began on Tuesday in the Van Nuys neighborhood of Los Angeles, with bus drivers and other school employees walking a picket line outside a school district bus depot.

‘Respect Us’: Los Angeles School Workers Call for Better Wages

By: The Associated Press
Tens of thousands of teachers’ aides, bus drivers and other school employees protested on the second day of a three-day strike.

School District Sued Over Handling of Student’s Pledge of Allegiance Protest

By: Amanda Holpuch
A South Carolina high school teacher shoved a student against a wall after the teenager refused to stop for the pledge on her way to class, according to a federal lawsuit.

Marissa Barnwell’s parents said that they filed a federal lawsuit over how school officials handled their daughter’s refusal to recite the Pledge of Allegiance.

6-Year-Old Who Shot Teacher Will Not Be Charged, Prosecutor Says

By: Christine Hauser
The boy shot and injured his first-grade teacher at an elementary school in Newport News, Va., in January.

A 6-year-old boy shot and injured his first-grade teacher at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Va., on Jan. 6, the authorities said.

Charter School Expansion Faces Tough Fight in New York

By: Troy Closson
Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to allow more charter schools to open in New York City. But as the public school system loses students, the effort faces strong political headwinds.

Gov. Kathy Hochul presented a state budget that included proposals that would increase the number of charter schools, along with the funding they received.

At This School, Computer Science Class Now Includes Critiquing Chatbots

By: Natasha Singer
Move over, coding. Some schools are asking student programmers to think critically about rapid advances in artificial intelligence.

Marisa Shuman challenged her students at the Young Women’s Leadership School of the Bronx to examine the work created by a chatbot.
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