Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Education Chief Vies to Expand U.S. Role as Partner on Local Schools Education News - The New York Times

Education News - The New York Times

Education Chief Vies to Expand U.S. Role as Partner on Local Schools

By SAM DILLON and TAMAR LEWIN
Arne Duncan has been called the most assertive secretary of education ever, breaking sharply from the less-visible role of his predecessors. Mr. Duncan visited recently with Nakiyah Rowe, left, and Lois Appiah-Agyeman at their charter school in Brooklyn.
Michael Appleton for The New York Times
Arne Duncan has been called the most assertive secretary of education ever, breaking sharply from the less-visible role of his predecessors. Mr. Duncan visited recently with Nakiyah Rowe, left, and Lois Appiah-Agyeman at their charter school in Brooklyn.
Arne Duncan has been called the most assertive secretary of education ever. He is a highly visible proponent of increasing the federal government’s role in how the nation’s schools are run.

State Senate Approves Bill to Increase Charter Schools

By JENNIFER MEDINA
The legislation would also require the schools to enroll more special education students and those still learning English, but its passage by the Assembly in its current form was unlikely.

Early Childhood Programs Expanded

By SAM DILLON
Despite the recession, states continued to expand early childhood programs in the 2008-9 school year.
Williamsburg Collegiate in Brooklyn, whose students outscore their district counterparts.

Despite Push, Success at Charter Schools Is Mixed

By TRIP GABRIEL
Leaders of the school choice movement have come to recognize that raising student achievement for poor urban children is difficult and often expensive.

More Pre-K Pupils Qualify for Gifted Programs

By SHARON OTTERMAN
The minimum score for the most competitive of the programs, which have 300 slots, was achieved by 1,788 students.
Sandra J. Oliveira, executive director of financial aid at Providence College, has 100 appeals for more aid to go through.

A Fairy Godmother to Help With College Aid

By JACQUES STEINBERG
When financial aid is not enough, families can ask for more help. Judging those appeals falls to people like Sandra J. Oliveira.

A New Emotional Intimacy in a Class on Human Anatomy

By JAMES WARREN
Some Northwestern medical students who dissected donated human bodies got to know their donor better thanks to a new wrinkle at a post-course gathering.
The Crouch siblings of Danbury, Conn., from left, Kenny, Martina, Ray and Carol, in December after Yale offered them early acceptance. They were believed to be the first quadruplets ever to have received such an offer from Yale, and this week they said yes.

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
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 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

By WINNIE HU
Inspired by a Facebook message, thousands of students walked out of class Tuesday to protest cuts in school aid.
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