For Individual Reasons, Quadruplets Pick Yale
By JACQUES STEINBERG
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
By JENNIFER MEDINA
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
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A coalition of foundations is offering up to half a billion dollars to match federal grants meant to encourage education reform.
In New Jersey, a Civics Lesson in the Internet Age
By WINNIE HU
Inspired by a Facebook message, thousands of students walked out of class Tuesday to protest cuts in school aid.
Lessons in Tough Love at a Court for Truants
By WILLIAM GLABERSON
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
By STEVEN GREENHOUSE
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
By STUART ELLIOTT
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
By TAMAR LEWIN
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
By JENNIFER MEDINA
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.
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