New York Charter Schools Lag in Enrolling Hispanics
By JENNIFER MEDINA and ROBERT GEBELOFF
Librado Romero/The New York Times
Second graders at the Carl C. Icahn Charter School 1 in the Bronx.
Although Hispanics are the largest demographic group in the city’s public schools, there are almost twice as many blacks among the 30,000 charter school students.
Interactive Map: Comparing SchoolsMore Employers to Require Some College, Report Says
By JACQUES STEINBERG
Jobs requiring at least a two-year associate’s degree will outpace the number of qualified applicants by at least three million in 2018, according to a report set to be released on Tuesday.
Frank W. Ballard, Who Trained Puppeteers at UConn, Dies at 80
By MARGALIT FOX
Mr. Ballard helped introduce puppetry to the university curriculum.
