She doesn’t know it yet, but the cubby space Hanna shares with 6-year-old Chris is a lesson that will follow her through life. For now though, it’s nothing more than a place where she stores her ...

Cara Buckley, a Climate reporter for The New York Times, visited an elementary school in Lawrenceville, N.J., where students are encouraged to talk about complex environmental issues. By Josh Ocampo ...

We sit at a tiny desk in small, blue-plastic molded chairs, and she tells me what she’s learned in first grade. Lesson Number One: First grade is hard. Harder than expected. At night, when she would ...