After he was mugged, he took a therapist’s advice to work with “difficult students at a difficult school.” They ignored him until the lessons turned to business.
Category: Education (K-12)
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Joseph H. Reich, Charter School Pioneer, Dies at 89
When he and his wife opened the Beginning With Children school in Brooklyn to offer more educational opportunities to children, they set off a national trend.
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5 Cities. 13 Schools. 47 First-Day Looks.
To find out what’s trending now, The New York Times for Kids visited middle schools across the country.
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Federal Judge Clears Path for Part of Biden’s Student Loan Plan
The ruling by a judge in Georgia could be just a temporary reprieve for the plan, which still faces legal challenges in another state.
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Tiny Love Stories: ‘I Had a Crush on the Teacher’
Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.
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When Breaking the Dress Code Depends on Skin Color, and If You’re Skinny
A new City Council law seeks to pressure schools to undo bias in enforcing a dress code across the nation’s largest school system.
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Elementary Students Try to Save Elizabeth Street Garden With a Letter-Writing Campaign
Elementary school children have been writing letters to Mayor Eric Adams in an effort to save Elizabeth Street Garden, where the city is planning to build housing.
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In Xi’s China, Politics Eventually Catches Up With Everyone
The author Peter Hessler posed a question with an elusive answer: How could Chinese society open up so profoundly while its politics stagnated or even regressed?
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In Xi’s China, Politics Eventually Catches Up With Everyone
The author Peter Hessler posed a question with an elusive answer: How could Chinese society open up so profoundly while its politics stagnated or even regressed?