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Maria Thompson, left, and Jeannine Clark go over an application system at Pelham Memorial High School in Pelham, N.Y. Ms. Clark, who is the school's principal, said the many qualified applicants had made hiring harder.
Teachers Facing Weakest Market in Years
By WINNIE HU
In a profession long seen as recession-proof, applications far outnumber the jobs available for educators.
New York State Voters Approve 92% of School Budgets
By WINNIE HU
Most of the defeated budgets could be found in districts that tried to pass large tax increases to offset cuts in state aid.
California: DNA Tests Criticized
By TAMAR LEWIN
The Center for Genetics and Society is calling for the University of California, Berkeley, to suspend a project in which freshmen will be asked to provide samples of their DNA for analysis.
Campuses Ensnared by ‘Life of Deception’
By JACQUES STEINBERG and KATIE ZEZIMA
Adam Wheeler fabricated transcripts from Phillips Andover Academy and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to gain admission to Harvard.
Education Secretary Steps Into a Minefield in Brooklyn
By JENNIFER MEDINA
Views about charter schools and federal money dominated the day as Secretary Arne Duncan visited New York.
College Bound, DNA Swab in Hand
By TAMAR LEWIN
Berkeley, aiming to encourage good health habits in its freshmen, is asking them to supply genetic samples.
Inspectors Find Fraud at Centers for Children
By SAM DILLON
In 8 of 15 tests, Head Start employees lied on federal forms about the applicants’ family income and other information to gain approval for ineligible children, a report said.
Education Official Departing
By TAMAR LEWIN
Robert Shireman, the deputy under secretary of the United States Department of Education, is leaving Washington in July.
The Children Are Bright; the Setting, Scruffy
By SHARON OTTERMAN
At TAG Young Scholars, a citywide school in East Harlem for the talented and gifted, what goes on inside the classroom is praised, but the aesthetics and facilities are, in a word, challenging.
Going Back to School: Fired Staff Is Rehired
By KATIE ZEZIMA
All the staff members of Central Falls High School, who were fired in February as part of a turnaround plan for the underperforming school, will be rehired.
A CONVERSATION WITH JEFFREY L. BADA
A Marine Chemist Studies How Life Began
By CLAUDIA DREIFUS
Jeffrey L. Bada, a professor in San Diego, says scientists are “closing in” on determining how amino acids became life.
Massachusetts: Student Accused of Faking His Way Into Harvard
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A Delaware man has been charged with faking his way into Harvard and duping the university out of $45,000 in financial aid, grants and scholarships.