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Get Pad and Pen: The School Supply List Is Long

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 04:27:53 GMT

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/30/nyregion/30supplies.html?par

Many schools both poor and prosperous are asking parents to purchase more, and more particular, school supplies.

In Texas School, Teachers Carry Books and Guns

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:37:44 GMT

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/29/us/29texas.html?partner=rssn

A school board in north-central Texas has drawn attention by letting some teachers carry concealed weapons.

A Georgia School System Loses Its Accreditation

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:20:28 GMT

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/29/education/29clayton.html?par

Four school board members were removed for ethics violations from the Atlanta area school system — the nation’s first in nearly 40 years to lose its accreditation.

Purdue, Citing Research Misconduct, Punishes Scientist

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:27:31 GMT

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/28/science/28purdue.html?partne

An appeals committee at Purdue University has upheld findings of misconduct by Rusi P. Taleyarkhan.

A Plan to Test the City’s Youngest Pupils

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 04:31:25 GMT

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/27/education/27test.html?partne

The Bloomberg administration is asking elementary school principals across New York City to give standardized tests in English and math to children as young as kindergarten.

Class of 2008 Matches ’07 on the SAT

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:15:19 GMT

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/27/education/27sat.html?partner

The average scores for the three sections of the SAT were identical for the classes of 2007 and 2008: 502 in the critical-reading section, 515 in mathematics, and 494 in writing.

10 City Schools to Focus Reading Skills on Content

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:02:37 GMT

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/26/education/26core.html?partne

Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein announced a pilot program that would overhaul the way children in 10 city schools are taught to read.

For the Last Presidential Debate, a Nation’s Eyes Will Turn to Hofstra

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:12:28 GMT

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/25/nyregion/25hofstra.html?part

The debate at Hofstra caps a prolonged effort by the university to have a voice in the nation’s political discourse.

As Food Costs Rise, So Do School Lunch Prices

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 02:59:31 GMT

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/25/education/25lunches.html?par

The price increases, generally about 25 cents a meal, come as school districts in New York and across the country try to eke more out of already tight budgets.

A Teacher on the Front Line as Faith and Science Clash

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:50:10 GMT

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/24/education/24evolution.html?p

David Campbell is bringing Florida’s mandate to teach evolution to many students raised to take the biblical creation story as fact.