Charter School Battle Shifts to Affluent Suburbs
By WINNIE HU
Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times
Founders of a proposed Mandarin-immersion charter school meeting in a South Orange, N.J., home. From left, Jutta Gassner-Snyder, Nancy Chu, Tom Piskula and Tiffany Boyd Hodgson.
Charters, normally thought of as a way to help poor areas, are being proposed in places that have good schools.
Law School Economics: Ka-Ching!
By DAVID SEGAL
Despite fewer high-paying jobs, students continue to pour into law school. And the schools keep charging higher tuition and admitting more students.
School Officials and Union Agree on Pilot Program for Teacher Evaluations
By SHARON OTTERMAN
Teachers in 33 schools will be rated as either ineffective, developing, effective or highly effective, rather than simply satisfactory or unsatisfactory.
California to Require Gay History in Schools
By IAN LOVETT
California will become the first state to require public schools to include the works of gays and lesbians in social science instruction and in textbooks.
Tom Vander Ark’s New York-Area Charter Schools Falter
By ANNA M. PHILLIPS
A former top official with the Gates Foundation found that opening innovative schools in the New York area was harder than he had anticipated.
Supporters of Education Bill Seek to Replace Money Lost in Budget-Cutting Process
By KRISTEN McQUEARY
Education advocates say they hope that money cut from the state budget will be restored by the federal Race to the Top program.
Schools Chiefs See a Path to Proposing Their Own Accountability Systems
By WINNIE HU
Some state education chiefs say that if Congress does not overhaul No Child Left Behind by the fall, they may be allowed to propose their own accountability systems as an alternative.
Top Science Fair Honors Go to American Girls
By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Three girls from the United States won the top prizes in a global science fair started by Google for their projects on ovarian cancer, grilled chicken and indoor air quality.
ON EDUCATION
Message From a Charter School: Thrive or Transfer
By MICHAEL WINERIP
A mother said a school concluded in 12 days that her son did not meet standards, raising a question about whether charter schools cherry-pick students.
DOCTORS INC.
New for Aspiring Doctors, the People Skills Test
By GARDINER HARRIS
A new admission process at medical schools involves a series of encounters meant to examine aspiring doctors’ ability to communicate and work in teams.
Union Chief Faults School Reform From ‘On High’
By ALAN SCHWARZ
The president of the American Federation of Teachers called for education reform that emanates from teachers and their communities, rather than from “those who blame teachers for everything.”
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