At 25, the Lessons of 9/11 Are Fracturing

Archive reconstruction: Prepared after the edition date from dated reporting; this briefing was not published that morning.

Twenty-five years after 9/11, the fight over how the attacks are understood reaches classrooms and social media. New research raises questions about civic knowledge and antisemitic conspiracy theories, while Israel marks the anniversary with a message of solidarity.

Closer to home, a California school-discrimination ruling puts the effects of classroom material under scrutiny. University funding disclosures and Britain’s settlement sanctions raise a different question: how institutions turn stated principles into enforceable rules.