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Police Commissioner James O'Neill, left; Mayor Bill de Blasio, center; and NYPD Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce, right, at a press conference on a fatal school stabbing in the Bronx.

City Investigating Fatal School Stabbing in the Bronx

An 18-year-old student allegedly stabbed a 15-year-old boy and a 16-year-old boy at a high school in the Bronx.
By Madina Toure
Mark Zuckerberg is, quite famously, a college dropout. But his case is the exception – not the rule.

The Myth of the College Dropout

While the media glamorizes famous college dropouts like Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates, the reality is that most successful people in the U.S. went to – and finished – college.
By Jonathan Wai
Don’t go to college.

15 Essential Skills They Don’t Teach You in College

This is what I wish: that my daughters don’t go to school.
By James Altucher
Melania Trump, wife of Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, delivers a speech on the first day of the Republican National Convention on July 18, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio.

If Melania Trump Were My Student

By Nicolaus Mills
Students wait for their teacher at Harlem Success Academy, a free, public elementary charter school.

Prep for One, Prep for All

By The Editors
New research shows that both bullies and their victims feel the physical and mental effects of the torment.

Both Perps and Victims Are Tormented by Bullying, Study Finds

By John Bonazzo
Spelling Effort Popcorn Party

Why We Are Not a ‘No Excuses’ Charter School

By Michele Caracappa
10th November 1959: 'Professor' Jimmy Edwards (1920 - 1988) in rehearsal at Shepherds Bush TV studios is administering a flogging to one of the pupils of 'Chiselbury' school, Paul Norman, watched by his classmates. (Photo by Reg Speller/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

The Slippery Slope of School Discipline

By The Editors
COLUMBIA, MO - NOVEMBER 9: Members of the Concerned Student 1950 movement speak to the crowd of students on the campus of University of Missouri - Columbia on November 9, 2015 in Columbia, Missouri. Students celebrate the resignation of University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe amid allegations of racism. (Photo by Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images)

Intellectual Vandalism

By The Editors
Google Cardboard in action (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Google Brings the Magic School Bus to Life With New Virtual Reality Field Trips

By Abigail Rowe
(Photo: Luftphilia/Flickr)

Advice to Graduating Seniors: What I’d Tell Myself If I Could Go Back

By Srinivas Rao
Camp Pinewood (Photo: Flickr)

Sending Kids to Camp Robs Families of the Best Time for Getting-Together Fun

By Annmarie Kelly-Harbaugh
French students work on the test of Philosophy as they take the baccalaureat exam (high school graduation exam) on June 18, 2012 at the Pasteur high school in Strasbourg, eastern France. Some 703.059 candidates are registered for the 2012 session. The exam results will be announced on July 6, 2012. AFP PHOTO / FREDERICK FLORIN (Photo credit should read FREDERICK FLORIN/AFP/GettyImages)

Weakening Standardized Tests Amounts to ‘Killing the Messenger’

By Eva Moskowitz
NEW HAVEN, CT - APRIL 15: Buildings on the campus of Yale University are shown April 15, 2008 in New Haven, Connecticut. New Haven boasts many cultural offerings that attract visitors to the city April 15, 2008 in New Haven, Connecticut. (Photo by Christopher Capozziello/Getty Images)

Boola Boola: Joyce Maynard Heads Back to Yale, Decades After Dropping Out

By Joyce Maynard
Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina. (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

School Daze

By The Editors
(L-R) The kids Dario, Natalie, Eleni and Ferhart from kindergarten 'Schneckenhaus' walk along a path with their new satchels on June 5, 2013 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)

Why Kids Should Skip School

By Annmarie Kelly-Harbaugh

Anna Allanbrook

By The Editors
#tech (Screengrab: Vocabulary.com)

Vocabulary.com Launches App So You Can Actually Use Your iPhone to Learn

By Jordyn Taylor
Al Roker. (Photo: Frederick Brown/Getty)

Bill de Blasio Has Lost Al Roker

By Colin Campbell
(Courtesy archrecord.construction.com)

That Rich For-Profit School in Chelsea Has Two Sol LeWitt Wall Drawings

By M.H. Miller
P.S. 234.

P.S. I Love You: Why Downtown Parents Are Choosing Public School

By Helaina Hovitz
Steven Henry Madoff. (Courtesy stanford.edu)

SVA to Start Curatorial Studies Program

By M.H. Miller

Parents Group Threatens ‘Defeat Anthony Weiner’ Campaign

By Colin Campbell
City Councilman Mark Weprin and Katiya Jones. (Photo: City Council/William Alatriste)

Queens Councilman Gets a Pint-Sized Replacement

By Jill Colvin
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