http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/02/business/02tax.html?partner=
Several tax breaks and provisions aimed at families and businesses, but also rural schools, have been tacked onto the financial bailout legislation.October 2008
October 02, 2008
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/02/education/02college.html?par
Wachovia Bank has limited the access of nearly 1,000 colleges to $9.3 billion the bank has held for them, raising worries about meeting payrolls and other obligations.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/02/education/02teachers.html?pa
New York City is beginning to measure the performance of thousands of elementary-school teachers based on how much their students improve on math and reading tests.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
October 03, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/03/us/03reading.html?partner=rs
Elementary school students on Thursday tried to set a record for the largest number of people reading the same book on the same day.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/03/nyregion/03bigcity.html?part
A new documentary tracked the campaign for student union president at Stuyvesant High School, and found some seeming similarities with national politics.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/nyregion/new-jersey/05steroi
A legislative mandate to educate student athletes about the dangers of performance-enhancing drugs will bolster New Jersey’s school steroid testing initiative.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
October 04, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/04/education/04control.html?par
It is all but certain that a debate to renew a state law giving the mayor of New York City control of its public schools will become a referendum on Michael Bloomberg.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/04/us/04klima.html?partner=rssn
Dr. Klima was an eminent linguist who was one of the first scholars to pay serious attention to sign languages.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
October 06, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/06/books/06games.html?partner=r
Publishers, authors and even libraries are embracing video games to promote books to young readers.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
October 07, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/07/nyregion/07latin.html?partne
The resurgence of a language once rejected as outdated and irrelevant is reflected across the country as Latin is embraced by a new generation of students.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
October 08, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/business/media/08adco.html?p
A public service campaign from the Advertising Council will focus for the first time ever on a social issue of concern to gays and lesbians, focusing on teenagers.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/nyregion/08video.html?partne
This fall, schools in the New York area will test video game prototypes focusing on math and science.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
October 09, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/nyregion/09arrests.html?part
New York City police officers wrongly arrested more than 300 students under the age of 16 for minor offenses over a three-year period in city schools, the New York City Civil Liberties Union said.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/nyregion/long-island/12chart
The Academy Charter School in the Village of Hempstead is expected to open with 168 students in kindergarten through fourth grade.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/nyregion/connecticut/12trini
A needed modernization of student housing and classroom buildings cost the school $33 million.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
October 10, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/education/10math.html?partne
While the study suggests many girls have exceptional talent in math, they are rarely identified in the U.S., because culture discourages girls — and boys — from excelling.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/nyregion/connecticut/12nochi
The latest test scores show that about 40 percent of the public schools in Connecticut did not make the grade under the No Child Left Behind law.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/magazine/12wwln-consumed-t.h
Co-opting the kids’-entertainment-character marketing strategy for a school-lunch staple.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
October 11, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/nyregion/11button.html?partn
The New York City teachers’ union claims that a policy banning political pins and signs in schools violates teachers’ First Amendment rights by blocking them from political expression.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/us/11brfs-SCHOOLSHEADI_BRF.h
The Miami-Dade County School Board approved a contract for its new superintendent, Alberto Carvalho, despite protests of unethical selection procedures and accusations of an affair.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
October 12, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/education/12student.html?par
Financial companies are shedding tens of thousands of jobs, yet applications to graduate business schools rose this year.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/13/education/13autism.html?part
New York officials hope to gain more control over the students’ education and keep them integrated in their communities by opening more in-state schools.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
October 13, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/13/education/13child.html?partn
Required to make a gigantic leap in improving students’ test scores, many previously successful schools in California have been sinking.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
October 15, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/15/realestate/15yale.html?partn
This week’s opening of the Study comes at a particularly gloomy time for the hotel industry, but the privileged status of the Yale campus may offer a degree of stability.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/15/education/15prize.html?partn
The Brownsville Independent School District in Texas won what may be the nation’s most important prize for excellence in urban education on Tuesday.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/15/us/politics/15youth.html?par
Young voters at two universities said many members of their generation remained as tangled in racial bias as their parents.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/15/nyregion/15waiver.html?partn
The new law requires school districts and public agencies to wait a year before hiring a retired worker into the same or similar position.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/15/education/15baylor.html?part
In an effort to rise to the top of the national college rankings, Baylor University has offered its freshmen money to retake the SAT and improve their scores.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
October 16, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/16/education/16baylor.html?part
Baylor University’s faculty senate passed a motion criticizing the school’s policy of paying freshmen to retake the SAT and improve their scores.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/16/garden/16unschool.html?partn
A community of like-minded parents is opting to enrich rather than formally educate their not-yet-school-age children.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/16/us/politics/16campus.html?pa
Belmont University, which hosted the last presidential debate, still needs more donations to cover what it spent on the event, but it is still basking in the national recognition.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
October 17, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/17/education/17sports.html?part
Since Mount Vernon school officials scrapped the district’s $1.1 million athletics program because of budget cuts, money has flowed nevertheless.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/17/business/17student.html?part
With the unemployment rate rising and a recession mentality gripping the country, more families are applying for federal aid for students attending college.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/17/us/17arapaho.html?partner=rs
With only about 200 Arapaho speakers still alive, a new school on the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming will teach students in Arapaho.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/19/magazine/19Autism-t.html?par
A school in Georgia believes that it’s not too late for boys like Sam Gross to make emotional connections. All you need is a lot of energy and, sometimes, a magic box.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
October 18, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/18/nyregion/18button.html?partn
A federal judge upheld New York City’s policy prohibiting teachers from wearing political buttons in the classroom, but said they could place campaign material into colleagues’ mailboxes.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/18/nyregion/18about.html?partne
Charles B. J. Snyder designed 400 public schools in the city, yet is virtually unknown. A transplant to New York is writing a book on his legacy.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/18/sports/ncaafootball/18rutger
With the Rutgers football team struggling and funds to the university being cut, some are asking if investing in athletics is a wise move.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/19/us/19ucla.html?partner=rssny
The former chief of the university’s cadaver program pleaded guilty for his role in selling donated body parts to medical, drug and research companies in a scheme that netted up to $1 million.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/19/us/19cancel.html?partner=rss
Bucking the tradition of voters’ casting ballots in school buildings while classes go on just a few yards away, many school officials are opting to keep youngsters home on Election Day.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
October 19, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/19/nyregion/19towns.html?partne
Even with many students chafing at the amount of money being spent on football, the university’s president says that turning back from big-time sports is not an option.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
October 20, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/20/us/20virginia.html?partner=r
Families of victims of the mass shootings at Virginia Tech last year met with university officials to ask questions about their response to the killings.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/20/education/20bikes.html?partn
Free bikes or bike-sharing programs have cropped on campuses nationwide, aimed at reducing traffic and parking shortages on campus and improve community building.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
October 21, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/21/nyregion/21attend.html?partn
More than 90,000 of New York City’s elementary school students — roughly 20 percent — missed at least a month of classes during the last school year.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
October 23, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/23/education/23sat.html?partner
The College Board unveiled a new test that it said would help prepare eighth graders for rigorous high school courses and college.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
October 24, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/24/education/24aris.html?partne
An elaborate $80 million system that was supposed to be ready in September has been unavailable, and 21 principals have turned to a program created at a Brooklyn high school to track progress.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/24/education/24brfs-003.html?pa
Two former professors sued last year, claiming they had been forced out after uncovering financial and ethical wrongdoing.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/24/us/24brfs-002.html?partner=r
The woman who prosecutors determined falsely accused three Duke lacrosse players of rape maintains her claim in a memoir.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/26/nyregion/new-jersey/26educnj
Graduation rates in New Jersey and elsewhere have become a measure of the larger community outside the school and whether civil servants are doing their job.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
October 25, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/25/us/politics/25palin.html?par
Gov. Sarah Palin vowed that a McCain administration would allow all special-needs students the choice of attending private schools at public expense.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
October 26, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/26/nyregion/26towns.html?partne
SUNY Binghamton has seen a roughly 50 percent increase in applications so far this fall, largely due to its price tag, which is well below most competitive private colleges.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
October 27, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/27/education/27electives.html?p
Pelham Memorial High School added 17 electives courses this year, allowing students to pursue specialized interests that once were relegated to after-school clubs.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
October 28, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/28/nyregion/28hunter.html?partn
With the help of the largest gift ever to the City University of New York, the school will move into a new $135 million building on Third Avenue.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
October 29, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/29/nyregion/29hunter.html?partn
Hunter’s plan to build a new school of social work has inspired welcoming reactions in East Harlem, an area that usually greets such news with loud opposition.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/29/nyregion/29breyer.html?partn
Cardinal Edward M. Egan has criticized a plan to give an award to Supreme Court justice Stephen G. Breyer because of the justice’s support for abortion rights.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/29/us/politics/29youth.html?par
Many college students are enthusiastic about John McCain, but they are repeatedly outgunned by legions of young Obama backers.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/29/us/politics/29wellesley.html
John McCain’s vice-presidential pick has energized the handful of young women who show up to meetings of the campus Republicans at Wellesley.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
October 30, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/30/us/politics/30tuition.html?p
Barack Obama calls for a $4,000 tax credit, while John McCain would try to coax colleges to slow their rate of tuition increases.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/30/education/30college.html?par
Education experts say findings of relatively stable college affordability is outdated, and that colleges will be forced to raise tuition substantially because of the current economy.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/30/nyregion/30gifted.html?partn
The number of children entering New York City public schools gifted programs has dropped by half this year.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/30/us/politics/30tuition.html?p
Barack Obama calls for a $4,000 tax credit, while John McCain would try to coax colleges to slow their rate of tuition increases.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/30/education/30college.html?par
Education experts say findings of relatively stable college affordability is outdated, and that colleges will be forced to raise tuition substantially because of the current economy.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/02/nyregion/connecticut/02colct
A 12-year-old college student pushes forward with dual goals in environmental science and law.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
October 31, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/31/education/31charleston.html?
After years of skyrocketing test scores, a school in Charleston is the subject of an investigation on whether a high number of erasure marks on tests indicates fraud.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/31/education/31charleston.html?
After years of skyrocketing test scores, a school in Charleston, S.C., is the subject of a fraud investigation.Posted by Brooklyn College Art Education | 0 comment(s)
