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When Troops Need More Than Knowledge of War
17.10.2007
The Air Force is pushing to prepare its troops better for service in the Middle East and Asia by offering broad instruction that focuses on the cultures they will encounter. Read more…
Parenting: Mission: Making a Love of Reading Happen
17.10.2007
As schools move toward more preparation for standardized testing, it falls to parents to make a love for reading happen. Read more…
On Education: A Post-Katrina Charter School in New Orleans Gets a Second Chance
17.10.2007
Despite the heartbreaking destruction it left behind, Hurricane Katrina created the chance of a fresh start for a majority of the city?s schools, which had been among the nation?s worst. Read more…
Pushing Colleges to Limit Credit Offers to Students
17.10.2007
Nationwide, colleges are coming under new pressure to limit aggressive marketing by credit-card companies to students. Read more…
Hofstra Polite as Lawyer Guilty in Terror Case Talks on Ethics
17.10.2007
At Hofstra University, the reception for speaker Lynne F. Stewart, the radical lawyer convicted on charges of smuggling messages out of prison for a terrorist client, was generally courteous. Read more…
Arabic School Ex-Principal Fights to Get Job Back
17.10.2007
The founding principal of the city?s first Arabic-language school said Tuesday that the Bloomberg administration forced her to resign in August by threatening to shut the school. Read more…
Failing Schools Strain to Meet U.S. Standard
17.10.2007
Some states are overwhelmed by the number of schools unable to satisfy the No Child Left Behind law?s demands. Read more…
In the Trenches: In a Competitive Middle School, Triage for Aches and Anxieties
17.10.2007
As schools expand to include students with physiological and psychological challenges, the school nurse has become more than just someone to detect a fever from a fake. Read more…
Racial Slur Written on Bench of Harlem Team at Staten Island Game
17.10.2007
Police and city education officials were trying to determine who was responsible for the slur, as well as looking into accusations that faculty members tried to trivialize the incident. Read more…
First Woman Takes Reins at Harvard
17.10.2007
In her inaugural speech, Drew Gilpin Faust offered a spirited defense of American higher education against demands that it quantify what it is teaching. Read more…
Noose Case Puts Focus on a Scholar of Race
17.10.2007
A professor said she remained mystified over who could be responsible for leaving a noose on her office door at Columbia University?s Teachers College. Read more…
Owner of Patriots Is Donating $5 Million to Columbia
17.10.2007
Columbia?s football field will be named after Robert Kraft, who played for the university?s team more than 45 years ago. Read more…
With Justices Split, City Must Pay Disabled Student?s Tuition
17.10.2007
The Supreme Court is likely to take up the issue again soon, with nationwide implications. Read more…
Noose on Door at Columbia Prompts Campus Protest
17.10.2007
The police said that their hate crimes unit had mounted a full investigation, including testing the rope for DNA. Read more…
Professors Sue Oral Roberts President
17.10.2007
The lawsuit includes an allegation that the president of Oral Roberts University, Richard Roberts, illegally mobilized students to campaign for a Republican mayoral candidate. Read more…
New York Official Faults Student-Loan Marketing
17.10.2007
Certain marketing tactics aimed at students are the latest focus of the continuing inquiry into the student loan industry by the New York attorney general. Read more…
Student, 14, Shoots 4 and Kills Himself in Cleveland School
17.10.2007
The authorities said the attacker was disgruntled about having been suspended after a fight earlier this week. Read more…