I first began writing for The Chronicle in the fall of 1999, in a series describing my search for a tenure-track job. Back then, readers sent me actual, physical letters, although it wasn’t long ...

It’s that time of the semester: when a professor’s fancy turns to grading. You can see exactly how much It’s that time of the semester: when a professor’s fancy turns to grading. You can see exactly ...

Thousands of elementary school students in Michigan — some as young as 5 years old — are learning to read and count in classrooms filled with 30 or more children, according to a trove of records ...