In New York’s Suburbs, Teachers Feel Budget Axes
By WINNIE HU
Cost-saving measures such as wage freezes and pay cuts have spread even to upscale suburban communities.
Agreement Will Alter Teacher Evaluations
By JENNIFER MEDINA
A new deal, reached in time for a second bid at federal grants, would tie ratings to student test scores.
Court Pick Can Still Rise on Her High School’s Alumni List
By SHARON OTTERMAN
Elena Kagan’s alma mater in Manhattan, Hunter College High School, has produced a number of jurists and college presidents, and at least one well-known actress.
Guest-Teaching Chinese, and Learning America
By SAM DILLON
A program brings teachers from China to the U.S. to teach language and culture, but the learning goes both ways.
Charter Schools’ New Cheerleaders: Financiers
By TRIP GABRIEL and JENNIFER MEDINA
Financial heavyweights are spending freely to expand charters in New York, in opposition to the teachers unions.
A Football Coach Used to Tests Insists Her Players Pass Theirs
By JULIET MACUR
Natalie Randolph, the football coach of Calvin Coolidge Senior High School in Washington, has emphasized helping players in the classroom.
What’s in a Name? A Lot, as It Turns Out
By ERIK ECKHOLM
Max Pauson’s strong sense of self was hard-earned, forged in an unstable childhood with no legal name. His birth certificate read “(baby boy) Pauson.”
David E. Apter, Yale Political Scientist, Is Dead at 85
By DENNIS HEVESI
Professor Apter wove his expertise in political science and sociology into influential treatises on the often-tortured birth of developing nations.
SUNDAY ROUTINE | DAVID LEVIN
Six Days of School, and Then a Day Not of Rest
By ELISSA GOOTMAN
David Levin, co-founder of the KIPP charter school network, spends Sundays with his wife, their 1-year-old son and friends and family.