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| Education Gap Grows Between Rich and Poor, Studies Show |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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The widening achievement gap between affluent and low-income students has received less attention than the divide between white and black students, which has narrowed significantly.
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Author: By SABRINA TAVERNISE |
Category: Education (K-12) |
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| 10 States Given Waivers From ‘No Child Left Behind’ Law |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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The states — Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Oklahoma, New Jersey and Tennessee — will have to set new performance targets.
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Author: By WINNIE HU |
Category: No Child Left Behind Act |
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| Tuba Thefts Plague California Schools |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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The popularity of banda music, in which the tuba plays a dominant role, is seen by some as the cause of a recent rash of thefts.
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Author: By IAN LOVETT |
Category: Tubas |
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| Chicago News Cooperative: Suburban Chicago Schools Lag as Bilingual Needs Grow |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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Chicago’s suburbs are home to an increasing number of Latino and other immigrant families, but schools there frequently fail to meet state rules to provide bilingual programs.
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Author: By REBECCA HARRIS |
Category: Bilingual Education |
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| The Texas Tribune: Austin and Rio Grande Valley Both Want Texas’ Next Four-Year Medical School |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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A focus on health-care education in Texas may result in a new four-year medical school, but both sophisticated Austin and the poverty-stricken Rio Grande Valley want it.
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Author: By THANH TAN |
Category: Medical Schools |
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| Virginia Home Schoolers Make a Play to Join High School Teams |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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A bill in Virginia would permit home-schooled students to play varsity sports at public high schools, raising concerns about fairness, recruiting and oversight.
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Author: By JERÉ LONGMAN |
Category: Home Schooling |
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| F.B.I. Seeks Victims of School Aide Accused of Sex Abuse |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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Investigators returned to an elementary school in Crown Heights to continue an inquiry after a teacher’s aide, Taleek Brooks, was charged on Tuesday with producing child pornography, possibly at the school.
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Author: By ANNA M. PHILLIPS |
Category: Brooks, Taleek |
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| School Aide Accused of Abusing Students in Videos |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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The aide, Taleek Brooks, 40, may have made the videos of sexual acts with students inside Public School 243, in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, law enforcement officials said.
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Author: By MOSI SECRET and NOAH ROSENBERG |
Category: Brooks, Taleek |
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| National Briefing | West: California: More Sex-Abuse Charges |
(Wed, 08 Feb 2012)
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A second teacher from Miramonte Elementary School in South Los Angeles, Martin Springer, was charged with child molesting on Tuesday.
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Author: By IAN LOVETT |
Category: Miramonte Elementary School (Los Angeles) |
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| School Linked to Sex-Abuse Claims Will Replace Faculty |
(Tue, 07 Feb 2012)
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The Los Angeles Unified School District announced the move to parents after two teachers at Miramonte Elementary School were arrested last week on accusations of sexual abuse.
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Author: By IAN LOVETT |
Category: Los Angeles (Calif) |
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| On Education: Despite Focus on Data, Standards for Diploma May Still Lack Rigor |
(Mon, 06 Feb 2012)
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Grading instructions with sample answers suggest that the bar to pass the New York State English Regents exam is surprisingly low.
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Author: By MICHAEL WINERIP |
Category: Tests and Examinations |
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| International Students Pay Top Dollar at U.S. Colleges |
(Tue, 07 Feb 2012)
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At the University of Washington, 18 percent of the freshmen are foreigners, and each pays about three times as much as students from Washington State.
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Author: By TAMAR LEWIN |
Category: Foreign Students (in US) |
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| Smaller Colleges Rely on Paid Student Recruiters Overseas |
(Sun, 05 Feb 2012)
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Green River Community College, south of Seattle, has enrolled 1,400 international students this year, most of them recruited by agents who get 15 percent of the $9,732 first-year tuition.
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Author: By TAMAR LEWIN |
Category: Colleges and Universities |
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| Pennsylvania Schools’ Funding Fight Pits District Against Charter |
(Sun, 05 Feb 2012)
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The Chester Upland district’s fiscal woes – it is bordering on insolvency – are compounded by a charter school with which it shares its financing.
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Author: By SABRINA TAVERNISE |
Category: Education (K-12) |
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| The Texas Tribune: Student Assessments Facing Stiff Backlash in Texas |
(Sun, 05 Feb 2012)
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Parents and educators are expressing strong concern about the central role of standardized testing in the assessment and overall education of their children and students.
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Author: By MORGAN SMITH |
Category: Tests and Examinations |
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| Chicago News Cooperative: Rahm Emanuel’s Comments in Video Upset Teachers Union |
(Sun, 05 Feb 2012)
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An interview with Mayor Rahm Emanuel is a highlight of a new video that criticizes the Chicago Teachers Union.
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Author: By HUNTER CLAUSS |
Category: Education (K-12) |
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| Giants’ Cruz Defied Odds at UMass |
(Wed, 08 Feb 2012)
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Victor Cruz, the Giants’ leading receiver, followed a winding road to the N.F.L., including twice being kicked out of UMass for academic reasons.
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Author: By BILL PENNINGTON |
Category: Cruz, Victor |
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| Beliefs: When Counseling and Conviction Collide — Beliefs |
(Tue, 07 Feb 2012)
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The case of a woman who was expelled from a graduate counseling program highlights how religious views on sexual orientation provoke controversy in the profession.
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Author: By MARK OPPENHEIMER |
Category: Religion and Belief |
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| Rhodes Trust Gives Account of Quarterback’s Candidacy |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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The Rhodes Trust confirmed that it had put on hold the candidacy of the quarterback, Patrick J. Witt, upon learning that a fellow student had filed a complaint against him.
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Author: By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA |
Category: Rhodes Scholarship |
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| Sallie Mae to Change Forbearance Fee Policy |
(Wed, 08 Feb 2012)
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A petition on Change.org helped bring about the lender’s new rule on forbearance fees.
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Author: By TAMAR LEWIN |
Category: SLM Corporation|SLM|NASDAQ |
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| The Choice Blog: Claremont's President Says Lack of Proper Controls Led to SAT Misinformation |
(Thu, 02 Feb 2012)
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Pamela B. Gann, president of Claremont McKenna College, discussed the circumstances surrounding the submission of inaccurate SAT data and how her school can regain trust.
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Author: By DANIEL E. SLOTNIK |
Category: Claremont McKenna College |
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| Churches Push for Law Allowing Them to Remain in Public Schools |
(Fri, 03 Feb 2012)
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Advocates hope the State Senate will pass a bill in support of the New York City churches next week.
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Author: By JOHN ELIGON |
Category: Religion-State Relations |
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| The Texas Tribune: Arlington Hopes That New Stadium’s Glitter Rubs Off on Downtown |
(Fri, 03 Feb 2012)
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The University of Texas at Arlington’s new College Park Center is a $78 million, 7,000-seat special-events arena.
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Author: By REEVE HAMILTON |
Category: College Athletics |
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| Cruz Is Among Those Who Found Refuge at Paterson Catholic |
(Fri, 03 Feb 2012)
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Paterson Catholic High School, where Giants receiver Victor Cruz played football, was unable to survive the economic decline of Paterson, N.J. and was closed in 2010.
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Author: By NATE SCHWEBER |
Category: Paterson (NJ) |
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| Australian Universities Defend Alternative-Medicine Teaching |
(Mon, 06 Feb 2012)
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A group campaigning against alternative medicine has told Australian universities that they are risking their reputations by teaching subjects like chiropractic, homeopathy, iridology and reflexology.
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Author: By LIZ GOOCH |
Category: Australia |
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| Briefly: Education: Collaboration Brings Google to French Business School |
(Mon, 06 Feb 2012)
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In "Google@HEC," a series of lectures, seminars and meetings for students will be led by digital entrepreneurs and Google employees.
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Author: By THE INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE |
Category: Education (Secondary) |
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| Immigrant Worker Firings Unsettle Pomona College |
(Thu, 02 Feb 2012)
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At Pomona College, dining hall employees were fired after questions about their residency status, prompting a debate over what it means to be a liberal college.
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Author: By JENNIFER MEDINA |
Category: Pomona College |
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| Company Banned by State Department in Effort to Protect Foreign Students |
(Thu, 02 Feb 2012)
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Cetusa, a sponsor of a State Department work/travel program, was reviewed after 400 participants staged a walkout at a Hershey packing plant.
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Author: By JULIA PRESTON |
Category: Foreign Students (in US) |
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| In Yale Report, 52 Complaints of Sexual Misconduct |
(Thu, 02 Feb 2012)
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Yale University, in an effort to be more transparent about its handling of sexual misconduct, released a report detailing accusations including harassing remarks and rape.
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Author: By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA |
Category: Sexual Harassment |
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| New York City High School Report Backs Smaller Institutions |
(Thu, 02 Feb 2012)
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New research last week showed that students at New York City’s growing crop of small public high schools had outperformed their counterparts at more traditional schools.
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Author: By WINNIE HU |
Category: Education (K-12) |
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| Gaming the College Rankings |
(Wed, 01 Feb 2012)
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The academic world is dismayed, but not quite surprised, by news that Claremont McKenna fudged its numbers.
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Author: By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA and DANIEL E. SLOTNIK |
Category: SAT (College Admission Test) |
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| Former Teacher, 61, Arrested in California on Abuse Charges |
(Wed, 01 Feb 2012)
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Mark Berndt, 61, who taught for 30 years, is accused of photographing children after taping their mouths shut and putting bugs on their faces.
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Author: By IAN LOVETT and ADAM NAGOURNEY |
Category: School Discipline (Students) |
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| Claremont McKenna College Says It Exaggerated SAT Figures |
(Thu, 02 Feb 2012)
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Claremont McKenna College said it submitted false SAT scores to publications like U.S. News & World Report that use the data in widely followed college rankings.
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Author: By DANIEL E. SLOTNIK and RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA |
Category: Claremont McKenna College |
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| After Mistake, A Mea Culpa From Vassar |
(Fri, 03 Feb 2012)
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Two days after 76 applicants were mistakenly told they had been accepted to Vassar College, the school’s president apologized for the confusion and said the college would reimburse the students’ $65 application fees.
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Author: By MATT FLEGENHEIMER |
Category: Colleges and Universities |
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| Political Science | Women and Faith: Law Fuels Contraception Controversy on Catholic Campuses |
(Mon, 30 Jan 2012)
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Many Catholic colleges are pushing back against a ruling by the Obama administration that the new health care law requires insurance plans at Catholic institutions to cover birth control.
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Author: By DENISE GRADY |
Category: Birth Control and Family Planning |
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| SchoolBook: A New Worry for Educators: The Income Divide |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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The focus of educators in recent years has been on closing racial and ethnic gaps -- and the efforts appear to have had some success. But now comes news that the achievement gap between rich and poor is widening, The New York Times reports on Friday.
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Author: By MARY ANN GIORDANO |
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| SchoolBook: Amid Protesters’ Disruptions, City Board Votes to Close 18 Schools and Truncate 5 |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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A city board voted to close 18 poor-performing schools and eliminate the middle school grades at five others, drawing howls of opposition from hundreds of teachers’ union members, parents and students.
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Author: By ANNA M. PHILLIPS |
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| The Choice Blog: Dean Wormer's Guide to Some Fantastic Colleges |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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Could the best college for you be one that doesn't exist?
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Author: By DANIEL E. SLOTNIK |
Category: colleges |
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| The Choice Blog: Fake Data Did Not Affect Rank, But Claremont Remains Off Best 100 List |
(Wed, 08 Feb 2012)
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Kiplinger magazine will not restore Claremont McKenna College to its list, even after discovering that the school's false numbers did not affect its rank this year.
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Author: By DANIEL E. SLOTNIK |
Category: Claremont McKenna College |
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| The Choice Blog: Do Asian-Americans Face Bias in Admissions at Elite Colleges? |
(Wed, 08 Feb 2012)
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Discrimination charges against Harvard and Princeton Universities have led to questions regarding discrimination against Asian-Americans at elite colleges.
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Author: By DANIEL E. SLOTNIK |
Category: Asian-American College Admissions |
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| The Choice Blog: Creating Your Own Major, From 'Keeping It Real' to 'Grand Romantic Gestures' |
(Tue, 07 Feb 2012)
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Some schools are giving students the option of designing their own major.
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Author: By LILY ALTAVENA |
Category: academic degrees |
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| How Big-Time Sports Ate College Life |
(Thu, 03 Nov 2011)
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Should a stadium (or court) be at the center of college culture? How football and basketball hijacked the American campus.
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| Editorial: Successes of Small Schools |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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A study provides sound evidence that New York City students at small, specialized high schools are more likely to graduate than students in large, traditional high schools.
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| Room for Debate: Do Unpaid Internships Exploit College Students? |
(Tue, 07 Feb 2012)
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Should the government get tough to protect unpaid interns, or are internships a win-win?
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| Lives: Dazed and Confused |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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How skipping school in late-’70s New York became a lesson in the costs of dropping out.
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Author: By NANCY ROMMELMANN |
Category: Teenagers and Adolescence |
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| Economix Blog: Answers to Reader Questions About Law School |
(Tue, 20 Dec 2011)
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The Times’s David Segal responds to reader questions prompted by his series on legal education.
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Author: By THE NEW YORK TIMES |
Category: law school |
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| Room for Debate: English Is Global, So Why Learn Arabic? |
(Mon, 30 Jan 2012)
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Lawrence Summers says the emergence of English as the lingua franca makes learning other languages less vital. Does he have a point?
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| The Learning Network Blog: Please Join Us: Student Facebook Chat With a Times Reporter |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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We're inviting students, teachers and youth sports coaches to join The Learning Network and John Branch, a sports reporter, for a live Facebook chat at 8 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesday.
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Author: By HOLLY EPSTEIN OJALVO and KATHERINE SCHULTEN |
Category: Facebook |
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| The Learning Network Blog: Fill-In | Valentine's Day |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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Fill in the blanks in the paragraphs taken from this classic 2012 Modern Love column, "Explaining the Irrational: Here Goes ..." Use your own words and phrases, or from a scrambled list of the words or phrases that were removed.
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Author: By KATHERINE SCHULTEN |
Category: love |
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| The Learning Network Blog: 6 Q's About the News | Underweight, Underage and on the Runway |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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6 Q's About the News | The fashion industry is having difficulties ensuring that models are not underage and underweight.
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Author: By DANIEL E. SLOTNIK |
Category: fashion |
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| The Learning Network Blog: Should Home-Schoolers Be Allowed to Play Public School Sports? |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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Should Virginia pass a "Tim Tebow bill"?
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Author: By HOLLY EPSTEIN OJALVO |
Category: athletics |
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