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Troy Closson
2025-08-11 21:02:03
United States
Local Government

N.Y.C. Schools Change How Reading Is Taught, and Test Scores Rise

Mayor Adams cast the upswing as evidence of efforts to improve instruction, while rivals in the mayoral race argued that teachers need better training.

Stephanie Saul, Dana Goldstein And Sarah Mervosh
2025-08-08 12:01:22
United States
Minorities

Trump Escalates a Fight Over How to Measure Merit in American Education

President Trump’s most recent executive order wades into a debate over how elite colleges should weigh grades and test scores versus the obstacles students have overcome.

Columbia and Brown to Disclose Admissions and Race Data in Trump Deal

A widely overlooked part of a settlement with the two universities could profoundly alter how elite schools determine who gets accepted.

Michael Levenson
2025-08-02 00:01:55
United States
Trump, Donald J

For Some, Return of Presidential Fitness Test Revives Painful Memories

Generations of Americans who struggled to complete a pull-up in front of their classmates winced as President Trump announced that he was reinstating the annual assessment.

Troy Closson
2025-08-01 00:01:53
United States
Local Government

Elite New York High School Admits 8 Black Students in a Class of 781

The city’s eight specialized high schools are regarded as crown jewels but also symbols of segregation. The number of Black and Hispanic students admitted to them dipped slightly from last year.

Erik Vance
2025-08-01 00:01:52
United States
Children and Childhood

Trump Is Bringing Back the Presidential Fitness Test

The president signed an executive order on Thursday that would reinstate the test for schoolchildren.

Adam Goldman
2025-07-10 21:01:08
United States
United States Politics and Government

The F.B.I. Is Using Polygraphs to Test Officials’ Loyalty

Some senior officials who have taken the test have been asked whether they said anything negative about the F.B.I. director, Kash Patel, in a highly unusual use of the tool.

N.Y.P.D. Fires Dozens of Officers It Says Should Never Have Been Hired

About 30 officers were being dismissed on Thursday. An inspector who led the unit that vetted recruits was transferred in May after officials said he had ignored failures on psychological tests.