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Friday, August 19, 2011

Seeking questions about new year for education heavyweights | GothamSchools

Seeking questions about new year for education heavyweights | GothamSchools

Seeking questions about new year for education heavyweights

The start of school in three weeks comes as initiatives to revamp instruction, assessment, and teacher evaluation ramp up.

The climate of change — and what it might mean for the city’s schools — is the subject of the “On Education” panel discussion that Manhattan Media is hosting next week. I’m moderating the panel along with Andrew


Summer science academy pairs grad students, poor children

New York Academy of Science Program Coordinator Stephanie Wortel and Emoni Toure, 13, examine a bobcat skull.

This summer, Donald Doehrer learned to identify the skull of a predatory animal by its fang-like front teeth and eye sockets in the front of the head.

He is now eager to explain how to extract DNA from a banana at home, and how many cells are in the human