The court?s decision to review an admissions policy for selective middle school programs in Maryland follows its rejection of affirmative action in higher education.

The moratorium is among the safety measures that the university put in place following the uproar over a former student?s sexual assault lawsuit.

New York City aims to offer 12,000 free child care seats for 2-year-olds next year, including the first spots on Staten Island.

After a former student named seven men in a lawsuit saying they had sexually assaulted her, a movement gained steam online to reveal her identity.

The city of Bend, Ore., is praising those who worked to stop the gunman at Silver Rail Elementary School. The authorities are searching for answers.

The Fields Medalist Terence Tao is on the front lines of a debate about artificial intelligence and the future of his field.

Early voting in Texas, where the outcome of the Senate race could determine which party controls the chamber, will run through Oct. 30.

Riots broke out in several French cities alongside peaceful marches of tens of thousands of people demonstrating against rising living costs and poor school conditions.

Student demonstrations over education converged with broader protests against rising living costs and a luxury development linked to Jared Kushner, President Trump?s son-in-law.

Bally Bagayoko, the mayor of a working-class suburb near Paris, has been a regular presence at student demonstrations, prompting both applause and condemnation.

While the powerful board appeared to back campus administration, some students protested against the backdrop of homecoming weekend.

David Sabatini, once a prominent scientist at M.I.T., sued a former colleague who accused him of inappropriate behavior. A jury found in his favor.

Megan Lambert graduated from high school in the district where she taught. She died in a classroom with Rhoam Summer and two other children when a shooter attacked.

A surge of abuse accusations has led Parisian authorities to acknowledge a ?collective failure? to prevent sexual offenders from working in schools.

The firm suggested the former Bard president?s email to Jeffrey Epstein about a young woman may have been fake. Congressional Democrats who publicized the message disagree.

Readers discuss a professor?s Opinion essay that suggested doing so. Also: Children without lawyers at deportation hearings; legal rights for robots?

We look at findings from our new poll.

The Trump administration?s plan to supercharge scientific discovery.

Becky Drury, who was said to have shielded a student during a deadly shooting in Bend, refuted the account. ?The truth is I was shot before I had any chance to act.?

From Barack Obama to Donald Trump, ideology has infused the interpretation of the federal law banning sex discrimination on college campuses.

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