Thursday, May 20, 2010

Education Secretary Steps Into a Minefield in Brooklyn Education News - The New York Times

Education News - The New York Times

Maria Thompson, left, and Jeannine Clark go over an application system at Pelham Memorial High School in Pelham, N.Y. Ms. Clark, who is the school's principal, said the many qualified applicants had made hiring harder.
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Maria Thompson, left, and Jeannine Clark go over an application system at Pelham Memorial High School in Pelham, N.Y. Ms. Clark, who is the school's principal, said the many qualified applicants had made hiring harder.
In a profession long seen as recession-proof, applications far outnumber the jobs available for educators.

New York State Voters Approve 92% of School Budgets

Most of the defeated budgets could be found in districts that tried to pass large tax increases to offset cuts in state aid.

California: DNA Tests Criticized

The Center for Genetics and Society is calling for the University of California, Berkeley, to suspend a project in which freshmen will be asked to provide samples of their DNA for analysis.
Adam Wheeler, 23, consulted his lawyer, Steven Sussman, during his arraignment on Tuesday in Woburn, Mass.

Campuses Ensnared by ‘Life of Deception’

Adam Wheeler fabricated transcripts from Phillips Andover Academy and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to gain admission to Harvard.
Arne Duncan, the secretary of education, rear center, visited the Kings Collegiate Charter School  in Brooklyn on Tuesday. He also went to two other schools in the borough.

Education Secretary Steps Into a Minefield in Brooklyn

Views about charter schools and federal money dominated the day as Secretary Arne Duncan visited New York.

College Bound, DNA Swab in Hand

Berkeley, aiming to encourage good health habits in its freshmen, is asking them to supply genetic samples.

Inspectors Find Fraud at Centers for Children

In 8 of 15 tests, Head Start employees lied on federal forms about the applicants’ family income and other information to gain approval for ineligible children, a report said.

Education Official Departing

Robert Shireman, the deputy under secretary of the United States Department of Education, is leaving Washington in July.
Kindergarten at TAG Young Scholars, which serves mostly minority students.

The Children Are Bright; the Setting, Scruffy

At TAG Young Scholars, a citywide school in East Harlem for the talented and gifted, what goes on inside the classroom is praised, but the aesthetics and facilities are, in a word, challenging.

Going Back to School: Fired Staff Is Rehired

All the staff members of Central Falls High School, who were fired in February as part of a turnaround plan for the underperforming school, will be rehired.
A CONVERSATION WITH JEFFREY L. BADA
Jeffrey L. Bada, 67, is the distinguished professor of marine chemistry at the University of California, San Diego. He studies how life began.

A Marine Chemist Studies How Life Began

Jeffrey L. Bada, a professor in San Diego, says scientists are “closing in” on determining how amino acids became life.

Massachusetts: Student Accused of Faking His Way Into Harvard

A Delaware man has been charged with faking his way into Harvard and duping the university out of $45,000 in financial aid, grants and scholarships.