Jessica Kourkounis for The New York Times
Sarah Brookover, left, a senior at Rutgers University in New Jersey, with Vibiana Bowman Cvetkovic, a reference librarian.
Many students simply do not grasp that using words they did not write is a serious academic misdeed.
Cheating Inquiry in Atlanta Largely Vindicates Schools
By SHAILA DEWAN
An independent commission found no evidence of “any district-wide or centrally coordinated effort to manipulate” test scores.
WELL COLUMN
Summer Must-Read for Kids? Any Book
By TARA PARKER-POPE
A report says that for some children, the reading skills lost over the summer represent about two months' worth of schooling.
ON EDUCATION
A School District That Takes the Isolation Out of Autism
By MICHAEL WINERIP
The public schools in Madison, Wis., are nationally known for including children with disabilities in regular classes.
For a College President, the Criticisms Pile Up
By LISA W. FODERARO
A year after being named president of Medgar Evers College, William Pollard is being accused by professors and others as dictatorial and detached from the community.
When 81% Passing Suddenly Becomes 18%
By SHARON OTTERMAN and ROBERT GEBELOFF
As passing rates plummeted under tighter standards, New York City principals contemplated the unraveling of achievements that they were suddenly informed were illusory.
Graphic: The Achievement Gap Gets Wider