http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/02/education/02survey.html?part
For the second year in a row, a vast majority of New York City parents, teachers and students who responded to a Department of Education survey said they were satisfied with their schools.July 2008
July 02, 2008
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/02/business/02apollo.html?partn
The Apollo Group, an education company that owns the University of Phoenix, says it earned $139.1 million in the third quarter as enrollment grew by 11 percent.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
July 03, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/03/arts/03camp.html?partner=rss
Baby boomers, hired in large numbers during a huge expansion in higher education, are being replaced as part of a vast generational change.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
July 05, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/06/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/06
Two recent incidents have ignited the perpetual debate over how harshly a school should deal with an unruly student, and what responsibility parents bear for that youngster’s behavior.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/06/fashion/06penn.html?partner=
Ronald O. Perelman, the billionaire New York businessman, names a building on the University of Pennsylvania’s campus after his ex-wife, Claudia Cohen, and causes a stir.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/06/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/06
A $740,000 severance package negotiated by the departing superintendent at the Keansburg Board of Education is being challenged in court.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
July 06, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/06/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/06
The president of the University of Connecticut, a onetime “safety school” that now boasts sparkling new buildings and attractive programs, plans to raise its profile.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
July 08, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/03/arts/03camp.html?partner=rss
Hired during an expansion in higher education, baby boomers are being replaced by a new generation.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/08/sports/basketball/08hoops.ht
Brandon Jennings is considered the best point guard prospect of the high school class of 2008. And if he opts to play in Europe next season, it could cause a ripple effect.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
July 09, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/30/sports/ncaafootball/30mcfarl
In an era when high school prospects increasingly seek handouts and entourages, Jamarkus McFarland, college football’s top defensive recruit, stands out.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/09/education/09vets.html?partne
To attract more veterans, Gov. Ted Strickland of Ohio announced that the state would charge in-state tuition to all veterans attending college on the G.I. bill.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/09/business/09citi.html?partner
Jay O. Light, an expert in asset and risk management who has led the business school for the last three years, is one of at least three candidates being recruited as directors by the embattled bank.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
July 10, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/13/theater/13ishe.html?partner=
The International Thespian Festival is part summer camp, part summer school, part arts festival and part recruitment fair.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
July 11, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/11/world/middleeast/11mideast.h
Using a portable fingerprinting machine, U.S. consular officials were seeking to expedite the granting of study visas to three students in Gaza, despite Israeli concerns.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/11/education/11colleges.html?pa
As fuel prices rise, thousands of students nationwide have suddenly decided to take college classes over the Internet.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
July 13, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/06/fashion/06penn.html?partner=
Ronald O. Perelman, the billionaire New York businessman, named a building on the University of Pennsylvania’s campus after his ex-wife, Claudia Cohen, and caused a stir.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
July 14, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/14/education/14teachers.html?pa
Randi Weingarten, soon to be president of the American Federation of Teachers, says she wants to replace a focus on standardized testing with a vision of public schools as community centers.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/15/education/14cnd-teachers.htm
Randi Weingarten, the new president of the American Federation of Teachers, says she wants to replace a focus on standardized testing with a vision of public schools as community centers.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
July 15, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/15/science/15tier.html?partner=
Under pressure from Congress, some federal agencies are investigating sexual discrimination at universities that receive federal grants.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/06/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/06
The president of the University of Connecticut, a onetime “safety school” that now boasts sparkling new buildings and attractive programs, plans to raise its profile.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/15/health/15restraint.html?part
Unable to handle behavior disorders, many schools use forcible restraint. Is it abuse?Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/15/education/15grad.html?partne
Graduation rates are widely considered among the most crucial indicators of whether a system is working, but New York State has not yet reported the percentage for the Class of 2007.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/15/health/15restraint.html?part
Unable to handle behavior disorders, many schools use forcible restraint. Is it abuse?Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
July 17, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/15/science/15tier.html?partner=
Under pressure from Congress, some federal agencies are investigating sexual discrimination at universities that receive federal grants.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
July 18, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/18/nyregion/18columbia.html?par
The finding is a step toward forcing property owners to sell their land as part of eminent domain proceedings to make way for the expansion of Columbia University.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/18/nyregion/18rangel.html?partn
Representative Charles B. Rangel said he would ask the House ethics committee to look into whether he had violated rules by using a Congressional letterhead to raise money for City College.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/20/magazine/20integration-t.htm
In response to the courts, class is replacing race as the primary basis for desegregating schools. It’s a mix that just might work.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
July 19, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/20/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/20
Rising test scores highlight a year of ambitious change at the beleaguered Newton Street School in Newark.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/19/us/19brfs-001.html?partner=r
The Texas Board of Education gave final approval to establishing Bible classes in public high schools, rejecting warnings that such approval could lead to constitutional problems in the classroom.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/20/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/20
Rising test scores highlight a year of ambitious change at the beleaguered Newton Street School in Newark.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
July 21, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/21/nyregion/21albany.html?partn
The new Senate majority leader, Dean G. Skelos, said the Senate would pass the governor’s proposal to impose a ceiling on school property taxes within the next month.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/21/education/21endowments.html?
Berea College, which charges no tuition and only accepts applicants from low-income families, provides an unusual perspective how universities should handle endowments.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/21/nyregion/21highered.html?par
Gov. David A. Paterson will ask the New York Legislature to create a low-cost student loan program.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/21/nyregion/21highered.html?par
Gov. David A. Paterson will seek a low-cost loan program to make New York more competitive with other states.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/21/nyregion/21albany.html?partn
The new Senate majority leader, Dean G. Skelos, said the Senate would pass the governor’s proposal to impose a ceiling on school property taxes within the next month.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
July 22, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/22/nyregion/22loan.html?partner
As New York’s governor promised to pursue a low-cost student loan program, it remained unclear how to set it up to ensure that it does not encourage unnecessary borrowing.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/22/nyregion/22loan.html?partner
As New York’s governor promised to pursue a low-cost student loan program, it remained unclear how to set it up to ensure that it does not encourage unnecessary borrowing.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/21/education/21endowments.html?
Berea College, which charges no tuition and only accepts applicants from low-income families, provides an unusual perspective on how universities should handle endowments.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
July 23, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/23/us/23bandcamp.html?partner=r
Florida A&M University’s renowned band spreads its ecstatic style in a summer program that attracts hundreds of students from across the country.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/23/us/23bandcamp.html?partner=r
Florida A&M University’s renowned band spreads its ecstatic style in a summer program that attracts hundreds of students from across the country.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
July 25, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/25/education/25math.html?partne
A study paid for by the National Science Foundation has found that girls perform as well as boys on standardized math tests.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/25/nyregion/25wade.html?partner
Mr. Wade helped put cities on the map as an academic subject and advised Democratic candidates including Adlai Stevenson, Robert F. Kennedy and George McGovern.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/25/education/25math.html?partne
A study paid for by the National Science Foundation has found that girls perform as well as boys on standardized math tests.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/25/nyregion/25golf.html?partner
Andrew Giuliani, 22, accuses the university of bad faith by aggressively recruiting him to play golf for Duke and then dashing his dreams by taking steps to remove him from the team.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/25/nyregion/25wade.html?partner
Dr. Wade helped put cities on the map as an academic subject and advised Democratic candidates including Adlai Stevenson, Robert F. Kennedy and George McGovern.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
July 26, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/27/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/27
The statewide results for the Connecticut Mastery Test, given to students in grades three through eight, showed that math scores rose while reading results were mixed.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/26/us/26pausch.html?partner=rss
Dr. Pausch was the Carnegie Mellon University professor whose “last lecture” made him a Lou-Gehrig-like symbol of the beauty and briefness of life.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/27/technology/27digi.html?partn
Between used books and pirated copies offered for illegal download, the textbook industry has begun to transition to other models of distribution and sales.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
July 27, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/27/books/27reading.html?partner
Is the Internet the enemy of reading, or has it created a new kind of reading, one that society should not discount?Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/26/us/26pausch.html?partner=rss
Dr. Pausch was the Carnegie Mellon University professor whose “last lecture” made him a Lou-Gehrig-like symbol of the beauty and briefness of life.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/27/books/27reading.html?partner
Is the Internet the enemy of reading, or has it created a new kind of reading, one that society should not discount?Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
July 28, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/28/education/28sports.html?part
As cash-strapped school districts across the nation scale back sports programs, some fear that the tradition of the scholar athlete is at risk.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/27/technology/27digi.html?partn
Between used books and pirated copies offered for illegal download, the textbook industry has begun to transition to other models of distribution and sales.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
July 29, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/29/us/29loan.html?partner=rssny
The Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority, which secured more than $500 million in educational loans last year, announced that it would not offer loans for the coming academic year.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/29/science/29conv.html?partner=
Steven A. Farber heads a nonprofit organization that aims to bring science to inner-city schools. Their tool of choice is the zebra fish.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/29/education/29teacher.html?par
The Scarsdale Teachers Institute is one of the most extensive teacher-development programs in the New York area, with more than 120 teachers enrolled this summer.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/29/science/29conv.html?partner=
Steven A. Farber heads a nonprofit organization that aims to bring science to inner-city schools. Their tool of choice is the zebra fish.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/29/education/29teacher.html?par
The Scarsdale Teachers Institute is one of the most extensive teacher-development programs in the New York area, with more than 120 teachers enrolled this summer.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
July 30, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/30/us/politics/30law.html?partn
In his 12 years at the University of Chicago Law School, Barack Obama stood apart in too many ways to count.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/30/nyregion/30babad.html?partne
A New York parent’s satirical education news items have seemed believable enough to prompt inquiries to the Education Department’s headquarters.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/30/us/politics/30law.html?partn
In his 12 years teaching at the University of Chicago Law School, Barack Obama was both popular and enigmatic.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
July 31, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/20/magazine/20integration-t.htm
In response to the courts, class is replacing race as the primary basis for desegregating schools. It’s a mix that just might work.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/31/education/31double.html?part
Come next spring, double dutch, an urban street staple that dates back centuries, will become the newest of 35 varsity sports played in New York City schools.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/31/education/31double.html?part
Come next spring, double dutch, an urban street staple that dates back centuries, will become the newest of 35 varsity sports played in New York City schools.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
