Wednesday, April 28, 2010

In New Jersey, a Civics Lesson in the Internet Age Education News - The New York Times

Education News - The New York Times

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.
Ruth Fremson/The New York Times
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.
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.