C.S. Muncy for The New York Times
The National Education Association's convention began Saturday. No one from the Obama administration is set to speak.
Teachers’ Union Shuns Obama Aides at Convention
By SAM DILLON
In a sign of the Obama administration’s strained relations with teachers’ unions, no federal official was scheduled to speak at either union’s convention this month.
International Program Catches On in U.S. Schools
By TAMAR LEWIN
The International Baccalaureate, an alternative to the Advanced Placement program, is offered in 700 schools.
Budget Deficit and Wars’ Cost Draw Fire on the Home Front
By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN
The debate over an $82 billion war spending bill has opened up a clash between House Democrats and the White House over the deficit and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
SUNDAY ROUTINE | JENNIFER RAAB
Multitasking, With Time for the Roses
By LISA W. FODERARO
Jennifer J. Raab, the president of Hunter College, tends to her family and her garden.
House Passes $80 Billion War Spending Bill
By SAM DILLON
The bill would include $10 billion to help school districts avoid educator layoffs, paying for the effort with $800 million in cuts to several of President Obama’s education initiatives.
In Blow to Bloomberg, City Must Keep 19 Failing Schools Open
By JENNIFER MEDINA
A state appellate court has ordered New York City not to shut down a group of low-performing schools.
Elise Boulding, Peace Scholar, Dies at 89
By BRUCE WEBER
Ms. Boulding, an instructor at Dartmouth and the University of Colorado, was also an author of numerous books.
Top French Schools, Asked to Diversify, Fear for Standards
By STEVEN ERLANGER
The ideal of race-blind meritocracy is being tested by the efforts at the elite universities that produce the nation’s leaders
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