Tyler Nelson, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Florida, studies the neurobiology of pain, a choice partly motivated by his own frustrations with a neuromuscular disability. Last October, he…
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Judge Extends Block on N.I.H. Medical Research Cuts
A federal judge on Friday agreed to extend an order blocking the National Institutes of Health from reducing grant funding to institutions conducting medical and scientific research until she could…
Massachusetts’s High School Exit Exam, the MCAS, Is On the Ballot
Deep blue Massachusetts is far from the presidential campaign trail. But a high-stakes campaign has flooded the state with social media and television ads, pressing voters to consider a major…
Democrats Took Over a Bucks County School Board, but Still Ban Some Books
For two years, the Republican Pennridge School Board, north of Philadelphia, governed with a burst of ideological energy. It instituted book bans and curriculum rewrites — the sort of politics…
Chicago’s Mayor Is Following a Teachers’ Union Playbook
For years, Chicago was ground zero for the Democratic Party’s big transition on education. With the support of longtime resident Barack Obama, who was in the White House, and his…
N.Y.U. College Republicans President Resigns After Remarks About Barron Trump
The New York University chapter president of the College Republicans resigned this week, yielding to pressure from the national organization after she was prominently quoted in a Vanity Fair profile…
Professors Worry Their Power Is Shrinking at Universities
Ilya Nemenman, an Emory University physics professor, seethed as summer break neared its end. After a pro-Palestinian demonstration in April had ended with police officers firing chemical irritants, Emory’s president…
Education Dept. Gives Schools Two Weeks to Eliminate Race-Based Programs
The Education Department warned schools in a letter on Friday that they risked losing federal funding if they continued to take race into account when making scholarship or hiring decisions,…
Voters to Reject Private School Vouchers in Colorado, Nebraska and Kentucky
On a bright Election Day for Republicans, one of their signature education policies — private school choice — was poised to be rejected by voters in three states: Colorado, Nebraska…
Why Did Ben Sasse Resign as President of the University of Florida?
Ben Sasse, the Nebraska senator, arrived in Florida in February 2023 to help cement a conservative makeover of one of the nation’s top five public universities. The University of Florida…