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Amy Chua Controversy Exposes Divisions at Yale LawAt the law school, the episode has exposed bitter divisions in a top-ranked institution struggling to adapt at a moment of roiling social change. Students regularly attack their professors, and one another, for their scholarship, professional choices and perceived political views. In a place awash in rumor and anonymous accusations, almost no one would speak on the record. A feature of this difficult year has been increased demands from student groups. Against this backdrop, Ms. Gerken’s critics in the faculty worry that she acted too hastily in the Chua matter, prioritizing students’ concerns over a professor’s rights. Particularly problematic, several professors said in interviews, was her reliance on the text-message dossier, prepared by...

School District Agrees to Pay $3 Million After a Bullied Boy, 8, Killed HimselfGabriel, who tried to avoid fighting and talked eagerly about learning, was not known as a “cool kid,” according to a teacher, the complaint said. At first, he excelled academically at Carson, which starts at pre-K and goes to the sixth grade. In the first and second grade, Gabriel came home from school with injuries, including two loose teeth. School officials told the boy’s mother, Cornelia Reynolds, that he had an accident on the playground. But in the third grade, Gabriel’s grades began to drop and the injuries got worse. Ms. Reynolds, a nurse, began to suspect that her son was being bullied. He would come home with a scraped knee, a bruised elbow or wrist, or a twisted ankle. School officials rarely told Ms...