Eliza Shapiro on School Closures, the Bi...

Eric Roberts is a prolific actor whom you may recognize from one of his 800 plus film and TV credits. Roberts reflects on his storied career in his recent memoir titled Runaway Train: Or, the Story of My Life So Far, published in 2024. His career began with a leading role in the ... Show More

Estonian conductor Paavo Järvi is one of the most in-demand maestros in the world, and one of Alec’s favorite conductors. Järvi is currently the chief conductor of the NHK symphony orchestra in Tokyo and the Tonhalle Orchester-Zürich. Over his career, he’s led orchestras in Paris ... Show More

Neal Shapiro is an award-winning producer and media executive whose 30-year career spans print, broadcast, cable, and online media. Currently the CEO and President of WNET, Shapiro oversees the operations of ten public media channels and one radio station including THIRTEEN, WLIW ... Show More

It’s that time of the year when students typically descend upon university campuses around the country — moving into dorm rooms, filling up stadiums, cramming into classrooms and swelling small towns to capacity. Unfortunately, that is not the college scene this year. After the c ... Show More

<p>Iolani Grullon teaches dual-language kindergarten in Washington Heights in New York City, where she has worked for the last 15 years.</p><p>She, like many colleagues, is leery about a return to in-person instruction amid reports of positive coronavirus cases in other schools. ... Show More

All across the country, it seems like a given: places with more expensive houses have nicer schools because they can pay higher taxes. That’s just how education seems to work. Except in Vermont. Two decades ago, the state passed a radical law to equalize education funding. On thi ... Show More

<p>Long after schools have fully reopened after the pandemic, one concerning metric suggests that children and their parents have changed the way they think about being in class.</p><p>Sarah Mervosh, an education reporter for The Times, discusses the apparent shift to a culture i ... Show More

<p>La rentrée scolaire à New York se déroule en plusieurs étapes. Cette semaine, ce sont les écoles maternelles qui rouvrent. En tout, la ville compte plus d’un million et demi d’écoliers. Une reprise loin de se passer en douceur. New York a été durement frappée par le coronaviru ... Show More