Monday, June 21, 2010

A Struggle to Educate the Severely Disabled Education News - The New York Times

Education News - The New York Times

New York University’s school in  Abu Dhabi will be downtown until 2014, when an island campus is expected to be completed.
Erin Callihan/NYU Abu Dhabi
New York University’s school in Abu Dhabi will be downtown until 2014, when an island campus is expected to be completed.
The new four-year university in Abu Dhabi drew more than 9,000 applicants and has accepted fewer than 200.
COMMENCEMENT SPEECHES
Supreme Court justice Sonia Sotomayor delivered the commencement address at St. Lawrence University.

Wisdom of Leaders, Dreamers and an Expert at Kissing

A sampling of what was said to the graduates of 2010 in commencement addresses across the country.
Donovan Forde, left, is visited by his mother, Michelle Forde, and half-brother, Zion, at a nursing facility in New York.

A Struggle to Educate the Severely Disabled

School districts try to balance instruction in functional skills and academics with providing custodial care.

City Opens East Side’s First New Public School Building in 50 Years

East Side Middle School, which shares a plot with a new high-rise apartment building, will help relieve overcrowding.