Gender Gap for the Gifted in City Schools
By SHARON OTTERMAN
Katie Orlinsky for The New York Times
At New York City schools for the gifted, like the Brooklyn School of Inquiry, 56 percent of kindergartners are girls.
Though the school system over all is 51 percent male, its gifted classrooms generally have more girls.
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States Create Flood of Education Bills
By SAM DILLON
Colorado’s law on tenure and evaluations was the most comprehensive of a spate of similar laws in other states.
Hint of Tough Times in a Private School’s Ads
By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA
Ads by the Saddle River Day School are a sign that some independent schools, hurt by the recession, are scrambling for students.
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Placing the Blame as Students Are Buried in Debt
By RON LIEBER
Is it really worth $100,000 in debt to graduate from a top school? And is it responsible?
On Graduation Day, Seniors Take Time to Feel Like Kindergartners Again
By JENNY ANDERSON
At an annual breakfast for graduating seniors, students at Manhattan’s Trinity School gathered to reminisce with their first teachers.
New York State Votes to Expand Charter Schools
By JENNIFER MEDINA
Officials hope the move will give the state a better chance of receiving $700 million in federal grant money.
Oxford Tradition Comes to This: ‘Death’ (Expound)
By SARAH LYALL
All Souls College is scrapping its one-word exam, on which applicants demonstrated their intellectual flexibility.
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Post a Comment on The ChoiceTowns Challenge New Jersey Voters’ Wishes
By WINNIE HU
Going against election results, councils have adopted many defeated school budgets with few additional cuts.