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05/16/2008 02:31 AM
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District Puts All the World in Classrooms
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A district in Nassau County is taking globalization to the graduate level, integrating international studies into every aspect of its curriculum.
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05/16/2008 12:44 AM
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House Approves Tax on Rich to Aid G.I.?s
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The bill will provide veterans who enlisted after the Sept. 11 attacks with new education benefits.
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05/16/2008 02:48 AM
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Microsoft Joins Effort for Laptops for Children
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After years of conflict, Microsoft and the computing and education project One Laptop Per Child have reached an agreement that will put Windows on the organization?s computers.
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05/15/2008 12:37 AM
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Resign, Faculty Tells University President
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The West Virginia University faculty demanded that the president of the university quit over awarding a degree to the governor?s daughter, which she had not earned.
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05/15/2008 02:27 AM
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National Briefing | West: California: Student Fees Going Up
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The cost of attending a California State University is going up again after a decision by the system?s governing board to authorize a 10 percent increase in student fees.
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05/14/2008 01:21 AM
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Teach for America Sees Surge in Popularity
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The program that recruits top college graduates to teach for two years in public schools that are difficult to staff will place 3,700 new teachers this fall, up from 2,900 last year.
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05/14/2008 07:44 AM
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Earthquake in China Highlights the Vulnerability of Schools in Many Countries
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The loss of life in schools collapsed by the earthquake around China could have been reduced using known methods for designing or retrofitting structures in earthquake zones, experts said.
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05/13/2008 11:39 AM
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Blunt Federal Letters Tell Students They?re Security Threats
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Rejected applicants for an ID card meant to guard against acts of terrorism received a letter from a security administration official that warned: ?I have determined that you pose a security threat.?
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05/12/2008 11:28 AM
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To Curb Truancy, Dallas Tries Electronic Monitoring
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Instead of sending truant students to juvenile detention, school officials in East Dallas have begun an electronic monitoring program to improve attendance rates.
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05/11/2008 10:54 PM
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PBS Revives a Show That Shines a Light on Reading
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The 2009 version of ?The Electric Company? is a weekly, more danceable version of its former daily self.
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05/12/2008 01:02 AM
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Planning a Web Site, Publisher Buys a Harvard Alumni Magazine
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Plans for 02138, a magazine for Harvard alumni, include expanding it into social networking and event sponsorship, and then duplicating the operation for each Ivy League school.
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05/11/2008 12:16 PM
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Global Classrooms: Matching Newcomer to College, While Both Pay
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Agents who recruit international students for American colleges are paid by both sides, raising questions about whose interest is being served.
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05/11/2008 12:20 AM
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Los Angeles High School Breaks Out in Violence
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A fight at a troubled South Los Angeles high school escalated into a campuswide brawl involving as many as 600 students before it was quelled by police officers in riot gear.
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05/09/2008 02:47 PM
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New York?s Coveted Public Schools Face Pupil Jam
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Critics say that the process the city uses to determine when to build new schools is flawed, preventing construction from keeping pace with residential development.
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05/09/2008 10:13 AM
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Top Colleges Dig Deeper in Wait Lists for Students
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Several highly selective colleges are offering admission to an unusually large number of students from their wait lists, which will probably lead others to do the same.
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05/09/2008 02:04 AM
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Reprieve for a Struggling Catholic School in Jersey City
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A frenzied push for cash by alumni and students at Hudson Catholic Regional High School will keep the school open for at least one more year.
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05/08/2008 01:59 AM
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Hit by Fire, a Texas University Looks to Rebuild
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The blaze raised questions about the future of Our Lady of the Lake University, which has been losing enrollment for nine years and has an endowment of only $27 million.
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05/08/2008 02:19 AM
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Violence in Zimbabwe Disrupts Schools and Aid
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Zimbabwe?s ruling party has broadened its campaign of intimidation to include teachers and aid workers.
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05/07/2008 02:44 AM
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Congress Weighs Veterans? Adjustment Aid
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A measure to be considered by the House would essentially underwrite a public university education for anyone who has served on active duty for at least three years.
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05/07/2008 11:44 AM
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75 Students Arrested in Drug Raid
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An undercover operation in San Diego netted more than $100,000 worth of drugs and several weapons.
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05/15/2008 11:38 PM
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On Education: Failings of One Brooklyn High School May Threaten a Neighbor?s Success
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Two Brooklyn high schools spent the past decade careering toward opposite destinies. The question now is whether the failure of one will destroy the success of the other.
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05/07/2008 02:46 AM
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Changes at New Orleans Schools Bring Gains in Test Scores
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The limited progress seen in test results released Tuesday is an improvement over stagnant conditions before Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005, officials said.
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05/07/2008 12:56 AM
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A Culinary School?s Changes Are Met With Unrest
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In early April, more than two-thirds of the members of the teachers? union at the Culinary Institute of America approved a vote of no confidence against the president.
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05/16/2008 02:01 AM
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Big City: A School Succeeds With Extra Study and Little Homework
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A principal at a Bedford-Stuyvesant school employs novel methods to help his students succeed.
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05/13/2008 07:42 PM
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The Uneven Playing Field
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Everyone wants girls to have as many opportunities in sports as boys. But can we live with the greater rate of injuries they suffer?
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05/09/2008 09:23 PM
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Times Topics: Turmoil in Student Lending
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Answers to four basic questions that borrowers and potential borrowers might have about uncertainty in the student lending business.
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