Education (K-12) – Page 5

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.

By Ginia Bellafante

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Why Schools Are Racing to Ban Student Phones

As the new school year starts, a wave of new laws that aim to curb distracted learning is taking effect in Indiana, Louisiana and other states.

By Natasha Singer

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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.

By Anna Kode and Yuvraj Khanna

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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?

By Li Yuan