Youth & Education

Texas Conservatives Win Vote on Textbook Standards

NYT > Education - Fri, 03/12/2010 - 22:56
Because Texas is a large buyer of textbooks, the changes approved by the school board will have a broad influence.

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E.E.O.C. Sees Bias in Almontaser Ouster at Khalil Gibran School

NYT > Education - Fri, 03/12/2010 - 22:52
A federal commission has determined that the Department of Education discriminated against the principal of an Arabic-language public school in Brooklyn.

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Women Making Gains on Faculty at Harvard

NYT > Education - Fri, 03/12/2010 - 20:46
The president of Harvard said the university has seen a culture shift since it was suggested there in 2005 that women were unsuited to careers in math and science.

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Carl E. Taylor, Pioneer in International Health Care Studies, Dies at 93

NYT > Education - Fri, 03/12/2010 - 16:06
Dr. Taylor conducted research in more than 70 countries and helped establish international health as a distinct academic field in the United States.

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Teacher Q | Does the 'Gifted' Label Get In the Way of Developing Real Potential?

NYT > Education - Fri, 03/12/2010 - 15:49
A guest post from David Shenk, author of "The Genius in All of Us."

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D.C. High School Football Team Picks Woman Coach

NPR Topics: Education - Fri, 03/12/2010 - 15:00

Washington, D.C.'s H.D. Woodson High School has a new coach for its boys varsity football team: Her name is Natalie Randolph. Randolph could be the only female high school varsity football coach in the country. She discusses her new job.

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College Application 2.0: The Video Essay

NPR Topics: Education - Fri, 03/12/2010 - 15:00

High school seniors are hoping to impress colleges by sending videos of themselves at work and at play. The mini-movies range from slick creative productions to amateur-hour card tricks. Although many say there's no stopping the YouTube generation from making and submitting their "video essays," others worry the application process is becoming more like American Idol.

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How Admissions Officers Pick Students

NPR Topics: Education - Fri, 03/12/2010 - 15:00

College admissions officers are weeding through a record number of applications this year. Kathleen Kingsbury, an education reporter for the Daily Beast, spent time inside the room with admissions officers as they sift through applications. Kingsbury discusses what makes a student stand apart.

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The Medium: RateMyProfessors.com.

NYT > Education - Fri, 03/12/2010 - 12:54
How to make it to the top of the engrossing professor-ranking site, RateMyProfessors.com.

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Making Sense of the Census: Ideas For Classes Across the Curriculum

NYT > Education - Fri, 03/12/2010 - 12:04
In this lesson, students consider the purpose of the census and examine the issues surrounding the 2010 census. They then do one of several multidisciplinary activities designed to make it relevant to their experience, perspective and learning.

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Top Obama Priorities Collide as Student Loan Legislation May Be Attached to Health Care

NYT > Education - Fri, 03/12/2010 - 10:31
The deal would bundle a bill on student loan overhaul into an expedited budget package along with the Democratic health care legislation.

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Does the Size of a School Matter?

NYT > Education - Fri, 03/12/2010 - 10:19
The lessons drawn from Kansas City's decision to shutter nearly half its schools.

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What Are Your Favorite Keepsakes From Childhood?

NYT > Education - Fri, 03/12/2010 - 03:44
Student Opinion | Tell us what mementos from your childhood you still hold on to, and why.

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Board’s Decision to Close 28 Kansas City Schools Follows Years of Inaction

NYT > Education - Fri, 03/12/2010 - 01:50
The decision to shutter 28 of its 61 schools reveals the depth of dysfunction in the chaotic, almost nonfunctioning Kansas City School Board.

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News Quiz | March 12, 2010

NYT > Education - Fri, 03/12/2010 - 01:30
See what you know about the news of the day.

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Sports Briefing | Football: Woman Hired as Coach

NYT > Education - Fri, 03/12/2010 - 00:56
Calvin Coolidge High School in Washington made the rare move of hiring a woman, Natalie Randolph, to coach its football team.

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Chicago News Cooperative: Budget Woes Have Schools Expecting the Worst

NYT > Education - Fri, 03/12/2010 - 00:05
Uncertainty about the amount of state aid in the 2009-10 school year has school districts across Illinois in a bind over staffing and planning for the coming year.

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Charges Of 'Re-Segregation' At N.C. High School

NPR Topics: Education - Fri, 03/12/2010 - 00:00

A high school in Wayne County, N.C., has a student population that is poor and 99 percent black. That's not the case at other public high schools in the same county. The disparity has prompted a civil rights inquiry — and complaints about what one leader calls "re-segregation."

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FAME School Gets Extension of Its Charter Despite Audit

NYT > Education - Thu, 03/11/2010 - 22:59
Despite a highly critical state audit, the FAME school won renewal of its charter for another five years in a vote by the Alameda County Board of Education.

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The Ultimate Safety School?

Inside Higher Ed - Thu, 03/11/2010 - 21:21
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