The School Photo Industry Is a Master Class in Drama
Say cheese, boys and girls! Or say: big money, lawsuits, lice panics and monstrous little pyromaniacs. from NYT > Education https://nyt...
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Saturday, 11 May 2019
Friday, 10 May 2019
A Teacher Shared Her Salary, and a Stranger Started a School Supplies Wish List
Last month, Ben Adam, a New Yorker who owns a real estate company, started the website Classroom Giving to help teachers in need of supplies...
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Your Money: Trash, the Library and a Worn, Brown Table: The 2019 College Essays on Money
Each year, we ask high school seniors to submit college application essays they’ve written about work, money, social class and related topic...
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Washington State Moves Toward Free and Reduced College Tuition, With Businesses Footing the Bill
The legislation, which is on the governor’s desk, would surcharge businesses like Microsoft and Amazon that rely on highly skilled workers. ...
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Wednesday, 8 May 2019
Tuition or Dinner? Nearly Half of College Students Surveyed in a New Report Are Going Hungry
Many routinely skip meals and take ‘poverty naps’ because they cannot afford groceries. Campus food pantries are helping, but are they enoug...
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Admissions Scandal: When ‘Hard Work’ (Plus $6.5 Million) Helps Get You Into Stanford
The news that a Chinese family paid $6.5 million to help secure a spot at Stanford illuminated the global reach of the college admissions sc...
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Florida to Let Teachers Carry Guns. Will Black Students Pay the Price?
The Florida House sent a measure allowing teachers to be armed to the governor after a long and emotional debate about the intersection of g...
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You’ve Conquered the Escape Room. But Can You Escape the Lab?
A physicist at the University of Illinois devised an immersive game in which teams solve science puzzles to unlock a mystery — before it’s t...
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Monday, 22 April 2019
Facing Segregated Schools, Parents Took Integration Into Their Own Hands. It’s Working.
Changes to middle school enrollment in parts of Brooklyn and Manhattan could force City Hall to take action on school segregation. from NY...
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Students Receive ‘Target Letters’ in College Admissions Scandal, Lawyer Says
At least some children of the parents who were charged in the college admissions scandal have reportedly received letters that notify people...
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Student Dies After Possible Hazing Episode at SUNY Buffalo
The school suspended fraternity and sorority activities after Sebastian Serafin-Bazan, 18, went into cardiac arrest. from NYT > Educati...
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Silicon Valley Came to Kansas Schools. That Started a Rebellion.
Public schools in Kansas rolled out a web-based learning platform backed by Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg. Now students have staged walkouts an...
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20 Years After Columbine, Schools Have Gotten Safer. But Fears Have Only Grown.
The panic of mass shootings has ramped up efforts to secure schools. But anxieties remain high, even as federal data shows that schools are ...
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Monday, 15 April 2019
Morehouse College, a Traditionally Black All-Male School, Says It Will Accept Transgender Men
The policy, which was announced on Saturday, will continue to ban from enrollment women anyone who identifies as a woman. from NYT > Ed...
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Sunday, 14 April 2019
Cursive Seemed to Go the Way of Quills and Parchment. Now It’s Coming Back.
Defenders of the writing style have lobbied to revive it in schools, igniting a debate about American values and exposing intergenerational ...
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Brigham Young Students Value Their Strict Honor Code. But Not the Harsh Punishments.
The voices of young people with different views of social justice are pushing the Mormon Church to modernize. from NYT > Education http...
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Saturday, 13 April 2019
LeBron James Opened a School That Was Considered an Experiment. It’s Showing Promise.
The inaugural class of third and fourth graders at the school has posted extraordinary results on its first set of test scores. from NYT ...
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Can a Playroom Makeover Make My Kids Over?
Simone Davies, a teacher and author, helped make over my kids’ playroom using Montessori educational principles like creating a sense of pea...
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Donald Stewart, 80, Dies; Took Over the College Board at a Crucial Time
He favored high standards for college applicants and programs to help minority students meet those standards. Earlier he had helped revive S...
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Lorraine Branham, Journalism Dean and Mentor, Dies at 66
As the first woman and first person of color to lead the Newhouse School at Syracuse, she helped students and faculty embrace the future — a...
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