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| • Obama Defends Education Program |
President Obama on Thursday sought to deflect criticisms from some minority and teachers groups.
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| • Getting Into Med School Without Hard Sciences |
A program admits students if they study humanities instead of the traditional pre-medical school curriculum.
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| • Confusion on Where New York School Performance Stands |
Doubts arise as the benchmarks of proficiency change for New York City’s public school students.
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| • New York Students’ Passing Rate Plummets |
The results indicated a dismal performance statewide, after years of significant gains.
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| • Economic Scene: Study Rethinks Importance of Kindergarten Teachers |
A new study found students with better teachers learned more in kindergarten — and earned more as young adults.
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| • 18 States and D.C. Are Race to the Top Finalists |
Eighteen states and the District of Columbia advanced to the second round of a national competition for federal financing to support education reform.
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| • On Education: Equity of Test Is Debated as Children Compete for Gifted Kindergarten |
Because test prep “boot camp” and $145-an-hour tutoring is available to those who can pay, children from wealthy families have an advantage, some parents say.
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| • School Chancellor Fires 241 Teachers in Washington |
Most of them were fired under a system that held them accountable for students’ standardized test scores.
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| • Empire State of Mind: N.Y.U., Marymount and Other Urban Colleges Try to Soften Life in the City |
Over 64,000 freshmen are about to descend on New York City campuses, where a frat abuts a homeless shelter, and dorms are an island away.
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| • Empire State of Mind: The Accidental Giant of Higher Education |
Two things define SUNY: it’s huge, and it’s weird. And now it’s at the heart of a battle over what public higher education should be.
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| • Sharing Spaces: College Roommates, Rich and Famous |
Luis A. Ubiñas on Conan O’Brien, Peter Wolf on David Lynch, Luke Beatty on Tim Armstrong, Hakeem Jeffries on Victor Williams.
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| • Sharing Spaces: A Failure to Communicate Face-to-Face |
A masking tape line down the middle of the dorm room? Texting beats talking.
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| • Paul Smiths Journal: A New Summer School for Lumberjacks |
A two-week program at Paul Smith’s College in the Adirondacks teaches skills like logrolling, felling trees with axes and making fires without matches.
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| • Once a Leader, U.S. Lags in College Degrees |
The College Board warned a growing gap between the United States and other countries is threatening to undermine American economic competitiveness.
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| • Administration Releases Rules on For-Profit Colleges |
The Obama administration released its controversial proposed regulations to end federal student aid to for-profit colleges whose graduates do not earn enough to repay their loans.
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| • No Visa, No School, Many New York Districts Say |
Civil liberties advocates have been pushing the Education Department to stop localities from imposing barriers.
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| • Harvard Medical School Bans Pay From Drug or Device Makers |
Professors will now be prohibited from giving paid speeches for the makers of medical devices or drugs or accepting gifts, travel or meals.
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| • Many States Adopt National Standards for Their Schools |
States that accept the standards by Aug. 2 win points in the Obama administration’s Race to the Top competition for a share of the $3.4 billion to be awarded in September.
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| • At St. Ann’s, With Stability Comes Controversy |
Some families and teachers from the private St. Ann’s School said that changing leadership changed its personality.
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| • New York Will Make Standardized Exams Tougher |
Officials said that state standardized exams had become easier to pass and that they would recalibrate scoring.
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| • On Education: A Popular Principal, Wounded by Good Intentions |
At Wheeler Elementary in Burlington, Vt., a highly regarded principal has been removed so the district can qualify for millions in stimulus dollars.
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| • A College Freshman's Proud Independence Melts in Summer |
Having completed her first year at Northwestern, a student asks: "Is it possible to come home and live the same way you did at college?"
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| • Advice on the Transition From Applicant to College Student |
News-you-can-use for those students about to go to college for the first time, and the parents who will get them there.
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| • News Quiz | July 30, 2010 |
See what you know about the news of the day.
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| • Test Yourself | July 29, 2010 |
This week we're providing math problems based on Times articles. Today: calculating Mariano Rivera's post-season earned run average.
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| • Poetry Pairing | July 29, 2010 |
Our weekly series pairs a poem with a Times article and photo that somehow echo, extend or challenge that poem's themes. Today's themes: aging and attractiveness.
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| • How Far Would You Go for a Cause? |
Student Opinion | If you were to start your own charity, what cause would you support and why?
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