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On Education: Despite Focus on Data, Standards for Diploma May Still Lack Rigor
Monday, February 6, 2012 12:12:03 PM CST
Grading instructions with sample answers suggest that the bar to pass the New York State English Regents exam is surprisingly low.
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International Students Pay Top Dollar at U.S. Colleges
Monday, February 6, 2012 10:00:57 AM CST
At the University of Washington, 18 percent of the freshmen are foreigners, and each pays about three times as much as students from Washington State.
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Smaller Colleges Rely on Paid Student Recruiters Overseas
Sunday, February 5, 2012 12:30:05 AM CST
Green River Community College, south of Seattle, has enrolled 1,400 international students this year, most of them recruited by agents who get 15 percent of the $9,732 first-year tuition.
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Pennsylvania Schools’ Funding Fight Pits District Against Charter
Sunday, February 5, 2012 8:30:05 PM CST
The Chester Upland district’s fiscal woes – it is bordering on insolvency – are compounded by a charter school with which it shares its financing.
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The Texas Tribune: Student Assessments Facing Stiff Backlash in Texas
Sunday, February 5, 2012 12:04:25 AM CST
Parents and educators are expressing strong concern about the central role of standardized testing in the assessment and overall education of their children and students.
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Chicago News Cooperative: Rahm Emanuel’s Comments in Video Upset Teachers Union
Sunday, February 5, 2012 12:05:10 AM CST
An interview with Mayor Rahm Emanuel is a highlight of a new video that criticizes the Chicago Teachers Union.
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Giants’ Cruz Defied Odds at UMass
Sunday, February 5, 2012 12:40:09 AM CST
Victor Cruz, the Giants’ leading receiver, followed a winding road to the N.F.L., including twice being kicked out of UMass for academic reasons.
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Beliefs: When Counseling and Conviction Collide — Beliefs
Saturday, February 4, 2012 12:17:16 AM CST
The case of a woman who was expelled from a graduate counseling program highlights how religious views on sexual orientation provoke controversy in the profession.
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Rhodes Trust Gives Account of Quarterback’s Candidacy
Saturday, February 4, 2012 5:36:18 PM CST
The Rhodes Trust confirmed that it had put on hold the candidacy of the quarterback, Patrick J. Witt, upon learning that a fellow student had filed a complaint against him.
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Sallie Mae to Change Forbearance Fee Policy
Friday, February 3, 2012 12:47:20 PM CST
A petition on Change.org helped bring about the lender’s new rule on forbearance fees.
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The Choice Blog: Claremont's President Says Lack of Proper Controls Led to SAT Misinformation
Thursday, February 2, 2012 7:41:21 PM CST
Pamela B. Gann, president of Claremont McKenna College, discussed the circumstances surrounding the submission of inaccurate SAT data and how her school can regain trust.
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Churches Push for Law Allowing Them to Remain in Public Schools
Friday, February 3, 2012 2:00:05 PM CST
Advocates hope the State Senate will pass a bill in support of the New York City churches next week.
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The Texas Tribune: Arlington Hopes That New Stadium’s Glitter Rubs Off on Downtown
Friday, February 3, 2012 12:29:09 AM CST
The University of Texas at Arlington’s new College Park Center is a $78 million, 7,000-seat special-events arena.
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Cruz Is Among Those Who Found Refuge at Paterson Catholic
Friday, February 3, 2012 2:47:21 PM CST
Paterson Catholic High School, where Giants receiver Victor Cruz played football, was unable to survive the economic decline of Paterson, N.J. and was closed in 2010.
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Immigrant Worker Firings Unsettle Pomona College
Thursday, February 2, 2012 12:30:07 PM CST
At Pomona College, dining hall employees were fired after questions about their residency status, prompting a debate over what it means to be a liberal college.
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Company Banned by State Department in Effort to Protect Foreign Students
Thursday, February 2, 2012 7:58:47 PM CST
Cetusa, a sponsor of a State Department work/travel program, was reviewed after 400 participants staged a walkout at a Hershey packing plant.
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In Yale Report, 52 Complaints of Sexual Misconduct
Thursday, February 2, 2012 12:37:21 PM CST
Yale University, in an effort to be more transparent about its handling of sexual misconduct, released a report detailing accusations including harassing remarks and rape.
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New York City High School Report Backs Smaller Institutions
Thursday, February 2, 2012 2:56:44 PM CST
New research last week showed that students at New York City’s growing crop of small public high schools had outperformed their counterparts at more traditional schools.
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Gaming the College Rankings
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 8:28:25 PM CST
The academic world is dismayed, but not quite surprised, by news that Claremont McKenna fudged its numbers.
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Claremont McKenna College Says It Exaggerated SAT Figures
Thursday, February 2, 2012 6:34:05 PM CST
Claremont McKenna College said it submitted false SAT scores to publications like U.S. News & World Report that use the data in widely followed college rankings.
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Former Teacher, 61, Arrested in California on Abuse Charges
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 9:50:08 AM CST
Mark Berndt, 61, who taught for 30 years, is accused of photographing children after taping their mouths shut and putting bugs on their faces.
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After Mistake, A Mea Culpa From Vassar
Friday, February 3, 2012 8:59:12 PM CST
Two days after 76 applicants were mistakenly told they had been accepted to Vassar College, the school’s president apologized for the confusion and said the college would reimburse the students’ $65 application fees.
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Political Science | Women and Faith: Law Fuels Contraception Controversy on Catholic Campuses
Monday, January 30, 2012 1:00:58 PM CST
Many Catholic colleges are pushing back against a ruling by the Obama administration that the new health care law requires insurance plans at Catholic institutions to cover birth control.
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Greenough Journal: One-Room Montana School Is Also a One-Student School
Monday, January 30, 2012 12:12:03 PM CST
In a prosperous ranching corner of Montana, Amber Leetch, age 11, makes up the entire Sunset School District 30.
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Australian Universities Defend Alternative-Medicine Teaching
Monday, February 6, 2012 1:27:20 AM CST
A group campaigning against alternative medicine has told Australian universities that they are risking their reputations by teaching subjects like chiropractic, homeopathy, iridology and reflexology.
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Briefly: Education: Collaboration Brings Google to French Business School
Monday, February 6, 2012 1:27:20 AM CST
In "Google@HEC," a series of lectures, seminars and meetings for students will be led by digital entrepreneurs and Google employees.
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On Education: Dr. Seuss Book, ‘Mulberry Street,’ Turns 75
Monday, January 30, 2012 12:00:42 PM CST
A tour of Springfield, Mass., where Ted Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, was raised, suggests that some of the images from his books were inspired by things he saw growing up.
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M.B.A. Program for Athletes Offers Off-Season Training in Economics
Monday, January 30, 2012 2:00:11 PM CST
The George Washington University School of Business STAR E.M.B.A. program is the first executive M.B.A. for professional athletes.
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Harnessing Gaming for the Classroom
Monday, January 30, 2012 1:27:22 AM CST
At the Learning Without Frontiers conference in London, the experts gathered to explore the pros, and some cons, of computer gaming as a learning tool.
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E.U. Students Gain From Open Borders, but Some Host Nations See Burden
Monday, January 30, 2012 1:35:10 AM CST
Cross-border students within the bloc pay the same tuition fees as natives, but a reimbursement system that would see states pay for educating their own students, no matter where they study, has been suggested.
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Scraping the $40,000 Ceiling at New York City Private Schools
Thursday, February 2, 2012 9:30:04 AM CST
The median price of first grade has gone up by 48 percent over 10 years, and parents at three schools are waiting to find out whether they will be joining the $40,000-a-year club.
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SchoolBook: Why I Resigned from the SUNY Board of Trustees
Monday, February 6, 2012 7:07:37 AM CST
Pedro Noguera resigned from the State University of New York Board of Trustees, citing concerns that the institution, which authorizes charter schools, was pursuing a political agenda to increase the number of charters, rather than a mission to develop experimental schools. In an open letter, he explains his decision to step down, writing, "Whether it was intended or not, in many cases charter schools are contributing to a more inequitable educational playing field."
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SchoolBook: Now These Are Some Brainy Students
Monday, February 6, 2012 7:07:21 AM CST
Fifty-five high school students from the five boroughs and Westchester County were quizzed on Saturday about their knowledge of the brain. When the New York City Brain Bee at Columbia University was done, Danling Chen, a junior at Staten Island Technical High School, pulled off a win by correctly naming the chemical energy source of cells. The answer: ATP.
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SchoolBook: Reeding and Riting That XPlane Why Stoodents Are Not College Ready
Monday, February 6, 2012 7:07:06 AM CST
In the news on Monday, Michael Winerip's On Education column in The New York Times, and accompanying examples of student writing for the English Regents exam, will have you, as he writes, "Be a turnover in his Grave."
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The Choice Blog: Foreign Students Pay a Premium at American Colleges
Monday, February 6, 2012 12:00:16 PM CST
International students make up a higher percentage of incoming students at state schools than in the past, and pay a disproportionate amount of tuition.
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The Choice Blog: Teaching Smith Students About Life Beyond the Course Book
Monday, February 6, 2012 10:55:44 AM CST
Smith College has developed two programs through its Center for Work and Life to help students engage more effectively on campus and teach valuable skills for life after college.
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The Choice Blog: Kiplinger Removes Claremont McKenna From Rankings
Friday, February 3, 2012 5:46:39 PM CST
Kiplinger magazine removed Claremont McKenna from its list of the 100 best values in private colleges on Friday, making it the first ratings agency to do so.
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The Choice Blog: True Love Can Be Fleeting, Especially When Its Object Is a College
Friday, February 3, 2012 1:54:52 PM CST
Abigail Hansen, a senior at Minnetonka High School, struggles to find true love amongst a group of suitable colleges.
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How Big-Time Sports Ate College Life
Thursday, November 3, 2011 11:20:10 AM CST
Should a stadium (or court) be at the center of college culture? How football and basketball hijacked the American campus.
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Editorial: Reining In College Tuition
Saturday, February 4, 2012 1:47:42 PM CST
When a college education is critical in today’s economy, a national discussion on how to make public institutions more affordable is long overdue.
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Op-Ed Contributors: The True Cost of High School Dropouts
Thursday, January 26, 2012 2:07:01 PM CST
Proven educational strategies to increase high school completion provide returns to the taxpayer that are two to four times their cost.
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Lives: Dazed and Confused
Saturday, February 4, 2012 11:57:15 PM CST
How skipping school in late-’70s New York became a lesson in the costs of dropping out.
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Economix Blog: Answers to Reader Questions About Law School
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 10:08:58 AM CST
The Times’s David Segal responds to reader questions prompted by his series on legal education.
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Room for Debate: Do Unpaid Internships Exploit College Students?
Monday, February 6, 2012 11:05:08 AM CST
Should the government get tough to protect unpaid interns, or are internships a win-win?
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Room for Debate: English Is Global, So Why Learn Arabic?
Monday, January 30, 2012 12:28:19 PM CST
Lawrence Summers says the emergence of English as the lingua franca makes learning other languages less vital. Does he have a point?
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Room for Debate: Can a Few Years’ Data Reveal Bad Teachers?
Monday, January 16, 2012 6:00:33 PM CST
Better teachers lead to better test scores and better lives. But with only a few years' data, can districts tell which teachers are good?
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The Learning Network Blog: Student Opinion | Do You Like Being Alone?
Monday, February 6, 2012 5:48:41 AM CST
Student Opinion | Tell us how you feel about spending time by yourself.
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The Learning Network Blog: 6 Q's About the News | A 'Giant' Win for New York
Monday, February 6, 2012 4:30:32 AM CST
6 Q's About the News | What was the final score of the Super Bowl?
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The Learning Network Blog: Test Yourself | Math, Feb. 6, 2012
Monday, February 6, 2012 3:24:42 AM CST
Can you find the probability that recent tests for cesium in rice were negative, if given the percentage of farms that tested positive, the number of farms tested and the number whose crops exceeded the current safety level of radiation in food?
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The Learning Network Blog: Feb. 6, 1952 | Britain's King George VI Dies
Monday, February 6, 2012 3:02:29 AM CST
On Feb. 6, 1952, Britain's King George VI died in his sleep at age 56.