Troy Closson

The action came less than a week after Mahmoud Khalil, a recent Columbia graduate and a prominent figure in campus demonstrations, was arrested.

The Trump administration cut about half the work force of the agency, saying the move would enable it to deliver services more effectively. The attorneys general called the move “reckless and illegal.”

Mr. Myrie, a Democratic state senator, would offer free seats to public school students from 3-K to 12th grade in a plan to make New York City more affordable for families.

A new superintendent is trying to improve Houston’s public schools through strictly structured teaching. The district says it’s working. Many educators and parents hate it.

The rule would not block undocumented students from enrolling, but it would supply the Trump administration with information to aid immigration enforcement.

The proposal to create the nation’s first religious charter school paid for by taxpayer funds could move the line between church and state in education.

But mass shootings remain a rare occurrence. Only a small fraction of the nation’s nearly 130,000 schools report gun incidents each year.

The state’s board of education narrowly voted to allow schools to start using the reading and language arts curriculum next fall if they choose.

School districts serving more than two million elementary-school children would be able to adopt a curriculum that draws on the Bible.

A new curriculum would focus on Christianity more than other religions. A kindergarten lesson on the Golden Rule, for example, would teach about Jesus and his Sermon on the Mount.