Justice Sonia Sotomayor is scheduled to deliver the commencement address on Friday at Hostos Community College in the Bronx
Sotomayor Making Good on a Commitment to a Scrappy College With a Family Tie
By LISA W. FODERARO
The justice was to have visited last year, but her nomination to the Supreme Court meant a change in plans.
Public Financing Supports Growth of Online Charter Schools
By CAROL POGASH
Virtual charter schools are part of an expanding network but their rapid growth is accompanied by a number of unanswered questions.
Wal-Mart to Offer Its Workers a College Program
By STEPHANIE CLIFFORD and STEPHANIE ROSENBLOOM
The retailer is joining with a Web-based university to give employees tuition reductions and credits from work.
States Receive a Reading List: New Standards for Education
By SAM DILLON
The nation’s governors and state school chiefs released final recommendations for what students should master in English and math.
New N.Y. Schools Face Extra Pain From Layoffs
By JENNIFER MEDINA
Union contracts require layoffs to be by seniority, especially burdening the city’s new, small schools and their typically young, recently hired staffs.
Gender Gap for the Gifted in City Schools
By SHARON OTTERMAN
Though the school system over all is 51 percent male, its gifted classrooms generally have more girls.
Slide Show