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Under ‘No Child’ Law, Even Solid Schools Falter
Max Whittaker for The New York Times
Fawzia Keval, the principal of Prairie Elementary in Sacramento, which had not missed a testing target since the No Child Left Behind law took effect. “I’m spending sleepless nights,” she said.
Required to make a giant leap in improving test scores, many once-successful schools in California have stumbled.
Bringing Special-Needs Schools Closer to Home
A new school for students with high-functioning autism is part of an effort to keep such children in New York.
Finance Students Keep Their Job Hopes Alive
Financial companies are shedding tens of thousands of jobs, yet applications to graduate business schools rose this year.
More Schools Miss the Mark, Raising Pressure
The latest test scores show that about 40 percent of the public schools in Connecticut did not make the grade under the No Child Left Behind law.
New Charter School Will Be Island’s 4th
The Academy Charter School in the Village of Hempstead is expected to open with 168 students in kindergarten through fourth grade.
Renovation
Trinity College Reveals 21st-Century Makeover
A needed modernization of student housing and classroom buildings cost the school $33 million.
Teachers Sue Over Right to Politic
The New York City teachers’ union claims that a policy banning political pins and signs in schools violates teachers’ First Amendment rights by blocking them from political expression.
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Using Video Games as Bait to Hook Readers
Publishers, authors and even libraries are embracing video games to promote books to young readers.
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Practicing Politics Just Like the Big Boys (and Girls)
A new documentary tracked the campaign for student union president at Stuyvesant High School, and found some seeming similarities with national politics.
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Sifting Through Faith and Science
As Florida requires the teaching of evolution in public schools, a teacher, Kathryn Bylsma, faces skepticism from her eighth-grade students.
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