New N.Y. Schools Face Extra Pain From Layoffs
By JENNIFER MEDINA
Ruby Washington/The New York Times
Denise Wadler, center, at Brooklyn Brownstone School, sent out nearly 50 résumés last week.
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.
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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.
A Private School’s Ads Imply Public School Slippage
By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA
At a time when New Jersey public schools are cutting back, Saddle River Day School is 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.