To Stop Cheats, Colleges Learn Their Trickery
By TRIP GABRIEL
Steve Johnson for The New York Times
Jeremy Baumann monitored cameras that were trained on students at the testing center at the University of Central Florida.
At the University of Central Florida, a testing center uses cameras and computers to try to cut down on cheating.
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.
