Public Schools Try to Sell Themselves as More Students Use Vouchers

A decline in the number of children and rise in the number of choices has created a crisis for public schools. Some are trying new strategies to recruit students.

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Setbacks in the Fight Against Climate Change

Readers object to Trump administration actions on climate change. Also: The Israel-Gaza war; a defense of home-schooling.

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Erasing History in Our National Parks

Readers object to an executive order sanitizing troubling aspects of U.S. history. Also: “Dangerously irresponsible” policies; a home-schooling lag.

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Inside a Gathering of America’s Growing Home-School Movement

The pandemic supercharged interest. Now, a cultural and political emphasis on women staying at home is continuing to fuel growth.

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They Said She Was Home-Schooled. She Said She Was Locked in a Dog Crate.

A teenage girl fled her home last month after what she said was years of abuse. Prosecutors called what had happened to her “beyond heinous.”

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Couple Imprisoned Girl for 7 Years and Kept Her in Dog Cage, Police Say

Investigators, who did not identify the teenager, now 18, said they believed she had been sexually abused by her stepfather.

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He Was Held Captive in His Room for Decades. Then He Set It on Fire.

Firefighters found a 32-year-old man who weighed 68 pounds. The police say his stepmother locked him away when he was 12.

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R.F.K. Jr.’s Excited Fan Club: Conservative Christian Moms

These parents believe in home-schooling and distrust food and drug companies. In Kennedy, they see “a bull in the china shop.”

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A School With 7 Students: Inside the ‘Microschools’ Movement

Parents, desperate for help, are turning to private schools with a half-dozen or so students. And they are getting a financial boost from taxpayers.

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