Plummeting literacy rates have fueled a bitter debate over how best to teach reading. And artificial intelligence turning up ...

Teaching methods have changed over recent years, particularly in the areas of reading and writing. The pendulum is swinging back, though, so phonics and cursive writing are turning up in lesson plans.

The southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital after Israeli airstrikes. Diego Ibarra Sanchez for The New York Times Near the Strait of Hormuz An image released by the Royal Thai Navy shows a vessel ...