Making the case for a “useless” education.

The Chinese Communist Party has turned Lu Xun, a Mao-era hero who excoriated the establishment, into a bland, Disney-style character.

The technology’s ability to read and summarize text is already making it a useful tool for scholarship. How will it change the stories we tell about the past?

Politicians on both the left and the right have sought to change or limit what teachers can do inside classrooms. Teachers often ignore them.

A look at the academic roots of the idea, which has stirred fierce debate when applied to Israel.