Michigan High School Snags Obama as Speaker
By JACKIE CALMES
President Obama will speak at the Kalamazoo Central High School graduation. The school won a Race to the Top competition.
Stanley I. Greenspan, Developer of ‘Floor Time’ Teaching, Dies at 68
By DAVID CORCORAN
Dr. Greenspan was a psychiatrist who encouraged parents, teachers and therapists to participate in playtime as a gateway to learning for some children.
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. 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.
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.
Photographs: Many Charter Schools, Varied GradesMore 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.
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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.
The Choice Blog: No Glimmers of Economic Recovery Apparent from Window of Financial Aid OfficeA 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.