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Thursday, April 29, 2010

Education News - The New York Times

Education News - The New York Times

Carol, Kenny, Martina and Ray Crouch considered going their separate ways for higher education, but in the end, they all liked what they saw at Yale.

City Pushes Shift for Special Education

In a shift, principals at 1,500 schools must enroll all but the most severely disabled students by fall 2011.

A Long Walk for a Cause

Four students arrived in Washington, having walked from Miami to support a bill that would give legal status to immigrants who arrived at age 15 or younger.

Found: Matching Funds for Federal Grants

A coalition of foundations is offering up to half a billion dollars to match federal grants meant to encourage education reform.
In Newark, students took their protest to City Hall, but the real target of their message was Gov. Christopher J. Christie, who has cut state aid to schools.

In New Jersey, a Civics Lesson in the Internet Age

Inspired by a Facebook message, thousands of students walked out of class Tuesday to protest cuts in school aid.
At Attendance Court, Judge Eileen Koretz, left; Susanna Osorno-Crandall, program coordinator; and  Trayvon Johnson, 13.

Lessons in Tough Love at a Court for Truants

The court has no power to punish, but students and their parents get helpful advice and offers of counseling and other services.

Graduate Students Ask N.Y.U. to Recognize Union

The teaching assistants hope to persuade the National Labor Relations Board to reverse a 2004 ruling and give them the right to organize.
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In a World of Ads, Teaching the Young How to Read Them

A government campaign will try to teach children from the fourth to the sixth grades how to think critically about ads.

Reed College’s President Is Told to Crack Down on Campus Drug Use

Two overdose deaths in two years at the small liberal arts college in Oregon have drawn the attention of law enforcement authorities.

In Shake-Up, Principals May Get More Say Over What Is Taught

Chancellor Joel I. Klein said he was reshuffling the top jobs at the Education Department headquarters and eliminating the division that oversees curriculum and teacher training.