‘Reversing Gears’: China Increasingly Rejects English, and the World

A movement against Western influence threatens to close off a nation that succeeded in part by welcoming new ideas.

Opinion | We Know How to Teach Kids to Read

Shelve the fad methods. There’s one tried-and-true way, and it works for children of all races and classes.

The Poetic Justice of Amanda Gorman’s Estée Lauder Contract

The inside story of how it happened and why it matters.

Opinion | We Are Leaving ‘Lost Einsteins’ Behind

Hundreds of thousands of highly capable people are being dropped by the wayside.

At a Small Maine School, Cursive Endures and Wins National Awards

Although cursive handwriting “is a dying field,” as one teacher said, it has made a comeback in some schools, including one in Maine where two students won awards this month.