Tuesday, May 11, 2010

In New York’s Suburbs, Teachers Feel Budget Axes Education News - The New York Times

Education News - The New York Times

Cost-saving measures such as wage freezes and pay cuts have spread even to upscale suburban communities.

Agreement Will Alter Teacher Evaluations

A new deal, reached in time for a second bid at federal grants, would tie ratings to student test scores.

Court Pick Can Still Rise on Her High School’s Alumni List

Elena Kagan’s alma mater in Manhattan, Hunter College High School, has produced a number of jurists and college presidents, and at least one well-known actress.
Zheng Yue, who has been teaching Chinese in MacArthur High School in Lawton, Okla., working with a student, Raymond Veal.

Guest-Teaching Chinese, and Learning America

A program brings teachers from China to the U.S. to teach language and culture, but the learning goes both ways.

Charter Schools’ New Cheerleaders: Financiers

Financial heavyweights are spending freely to expand charters in New York, in opposition to the teachers unions.
Natalie Randolph is the new coach at Calvin Coolidge Senior High School. “She's harder on the players than I am,” one of her assistants said.

A Football Coach Used to Tests Insists Her Players Pass Theirs

Natalie Randolph, the football coach of Calvin Coolidge Senior High School in Washington, has emphasized helping players in the classroom.
Max Pauson spent the first 19 years of his life without an official first or middle name. Now he has both, along with an identity as an art student.

What’s in a Name? A Lot, as It Turns Out

Max Pauson’s strong sense of self was hard-earned, forged in an unstable childhood with no legal name. His birth certificate read “(baby boy) Pauson.”
David E. Apter

David E. Apter, Yale Political Scientist, Is Dead at 85

Professor Apter wove his expertise in political science and sociology into influential treatises on the often-tortured birth of developing nations.
SUNDAY ROUTINE | DAVID LEVIN
FREE David Levin with his wife, Nikki Chase-Levin; their son, Max; and their dog, Athena, in Riverside Park.

Six Days of School, and Then a Day Not of Rest

David Levin, co-founder of the KIPP charter school network, spends Sundays with his wife, their 1-year-old son and friends and family.