November 22, 2008
Obamas Pick Sidwell School, Ending a Washington Guessing Game
Malia and Sasha Obama will attend Sidwell Friends School, the pricey and prestigious academy that has educated generations of Washington’s elite.
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November 21, 2008
Early-Decision Applications Are Up at Colleges, in Spite of the Economy
Some need-blind colleges said that they had been publicizing their generous financial aid packages, and that it seemed to be paying off.
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Tuition Jump in Florida Wins Backing of Governor
Gov. Charlie Crist urged the Legislature to allow tuition increases at the state’s public universities to blunt the impact of budget cuts.
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U.S. Agrees to Buy Student Loans to Ease Borrowing
The Education Department announced that it would buy up to $6.5 billion of federally guaranteed student loans made in the 2007-8 academic year as part of its effort to make sure loans are available.
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November 20, 2008
Parenting | Basking Ridge: Drawing the Line on Drug Testing
Is it in a student’s best interest to be subject to drug testing in school, or is the policy an invasion of privacy?
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November 19, 2008
James Armsey Dies at 90; Oversaw College Grants
As a Ford Foundation executive, Mr. Armsey directed more than $350 million in grants to universities in the 1960s while prompting the foundation to deny grants to segregated universities.
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California Universities Will Cut Enrollment Unless State Increases Money
Hard hit by budget cuts, the California State University system is planning to cut its enrollment by 10,000 students for the 2009-10 academic year.
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November 18, 2008
Head of Teachers’ Union Offers to Talk on Tenure and Merit Pay
A frail economy prompted a gesture of compromise from Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers.
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Op-Ed Contributor: The Test Passes, Colleges Fail
College administrators who really seek to understand the value of the SAT would do well to learn from the varied experiences of New York’s state university campuses.
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November 17, 2008
Presidents’ Pay Rises Faster at Public Universities Than Private Ones, Survey Finds
The president of Suffolk University in Boston received a $2.8 million pay package in 2006-7, while the president of Ohio State University was compensated with $1.3 million a year.
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Study Abroad Flourishes, With China a Hot Spot
The number of Americans studying in China increased by 25 percent last year, according to a new report.
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Cuomo Investigating Colleges’ Deals With Health Insurers
The investigation by the attorney general appears to be focused on the adequacy of disclosure of policy terms and costs to students.
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November 16, 2008
News Analysis: Letter Grades Look Simple, but Realities Are Complex
The A-through-F grading system for New York City schools is billed as a public information tool, but the grades can obscure salient information about schools.
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I. Bernard Weinstein, Who Studied Causes of Cancer, Dies at 78
Dr. Weinstein was a researcher at Columbia University who advanced the study of how pollutants and other environmental factors can cause cancer.
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November 15, 2008
Teachers Win Bonuses at High-Need Schools
Teachers at 33 high-need secondary schools across New York City will receive bonuses of several thousand dollars each as a reward for student gains on school report cards.
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Dallas Schools Used False Hiring Data
Eager to hire teachers for bilingual programs, the Dallas public school system assigned fake Social Security numbers to newly hired foreigners, an internal investigation found.
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November 14, 2008
Parents’ Night With the President
Washington’s prestigious private schools are competing to have the Obama girls within their halls of power.
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Plan to Centralize Choice of Kindergarten Is Ended
Drawing protests, the Eduction Department will abandon its plan and require all schools to follow the same admission rules.
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November 13, 2008
Enrollment Surges in Quick Prep Courses
In these shaky economic times, more students are skipping a degree and heading straight for the colleges’ noncredit training and certification programs.
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Most City High Schools Improved This Year
More than 83 percent of New York City’s high schools received a grade of A or B on the Bloomberg administration’s contentious report cards.
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Dartmouth Junior Wins County Election
Vanessa Sievers was not content to wait tables or make coffee as a side job. Instead she ran for treasurer of Grafton County, N.H., and won.
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A School Chief Takes On Tenure, Stirring a Fight
The Washington, D.C., school chancellor has proposed spectacular raises for teachers willing to give up tenure.
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Schools See Pain Ahead if the State Cuts Aid
Under the governor’s proposal, school districts across the state could face staff reductions, larger class sizes and fewer extracurricular programs.
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Women Gain in Education but Not Power, Study Finds
A study found that women still lag far behind men in top political and decision-making roles, though their access to education and health care is nearly equal.
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November 12, 2008
School District Tries to Lure Asian Parents
In Jericho, N.Y., the high school’s new diversity has revealed a cultural chasm over the meaning of parental involvement.
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