On Facebook, Telling Teachers How Much They Meant
By SUSAN FEINSTEIN
Nicole Fruge for The New York Times
Darci Hemleb Thompson, 49, reconnected with a former teacher from Long Island, Alice D'Addario, through Facebook.
People who have been out of school for decades are expressing sentiments they dared not express in their youth.
ON EDUCATION
A Chosen Few Are Teaching for America
By MICHAEL WINERIP
Teach for America has become an elite brand that will help build a résumé, and in a bad economy, guarantee a good paycheck.
THE APPRAISAL
Parents’ Real Estate Strategy: Schools Come First
By CHRISTINE HAUGHNEY
Developers who sell apartments near good schools should chip in more to help build classrooms, parents say.