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Tips for the Admissions Test ... to Kindergarten
seen at 2009-11-21 17:07:50 - www.nytimes.comTest prep companies are catering to a new demographic: 3- and 4-year-olds.
trackback:http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=d276e715e61a489399ab3935bd1daeaeStudents Protest Tuition Increases
seen at 2009-11-21 14:30:58 - www.nytimes.comStudents occupied campus buildings at Berkeley and Santa Cruz on Friday, the day after a 32 percent increase in tuition was approved by the University of California Board of Regents.
trackback:http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=f733b25b2c079a78a170c8ffd2f07af7U. of Nebraska Defeats Tighter Limits on Stem Cell Research
seen at 2009-11-21 08:02:32 - www.nytimes.comThe effort had been seen by opponents as a possible new front in the national debate over the matter.
trackback:http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=d9571c57c6d8673fc8fc3b96133019fbA Crown Jewel of Education Struggles With Cuts
seen at 2009-11-20 14:29:28 - www.nytimes.comStudents and faculty worry that deep budget cuts are pushing the University of California into decline.
trackback:http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=4610ac762640e80e9c087d894472c1c1Regents Raise College Tuition in California by 32 Percent
seen at 2009-11-20 08:25:31 - www.nytimes.comFacing steep cuts in state financing, the university system voted on Thursday to raise undergraduate fees.
trackback:http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=e15a0042eb025f035e154bfd60015f9bUniversity Weighs Tighter Limits on Stem Cell Research
seen at 2009-11-20 08:10:55 - www.nytimes.comThe University of Nebraska would be the first such institution to set stricter limits than what national or state law allows.
trackback:http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=637e6e2d42a97191c711153c6d3b3e13Teachers at Some Low-Performing Schools Get Bonuses
seen at 2009-11-20 17:33:17 - www.nytimes.comTwo different measures of progress explain the discrepancy, said officials from the New York City Department of Education.
trackback:http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=ca35154695ce774de8c2985e5950301aGateses Give $290 Million for Education
seen at 2009-11-20 08:12:56 - www.nytimes.comThe Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced a donation of $290 million to support groups working to transform how teachers are evaluated and how they get tenure.
trackback:http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=a11f8911ac8607d35ae74ae6be09c5fbLearning to Teach to Bridge the Achievement Gap
seen at 2009-11-20 07:46:31 - www.nytimes.comAn underperforming school in San Jose sets high expectations, and students and parents respond with positive results.
trackback:http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=ef82c283a3ce107c718177158303eb83On College Football Game Days, Efforts to Deter Binge Drinking
seen at 2009-11-19 21:10:59 - www.nytimes.comStudents ejected from Minnesota home games for alcohol-related disturbances must meet with a counselor and submit to game-day breath analysis.
trackback:http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=f280bbae9cdefd2efb850982c07a3152Academic Researchers’ Conflicts of Interest Go Unreported
seen at 2009-11-19 07:58:10 - www.nytimes.comA report found that universities often do not disclose faculty members’ conflicts of interest in government-financed studies.
trackback:http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=7e3f0caf2e2cc32aac86903a2ffd87a6National Briefing | West: California: University System Moves to Raise Fees
seen at 2009-11-19 13:20:40 - www.nytimes.comThe University of California system moved to raise student fees by $2,500 over two years as students demonstrated against the higher costs.
trackback:http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=f1df74483f6b4f80cad5110850b66731National Briefing | Science and Health: New Cases of Flu Drop on College Campuses
seen at 2009-11-19 07:59:20 - www.nytimes.comFor the first time since fall began, new cases of flu among college students have started to drop, the American College Health Association reported.
trackback:http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=40dcd8f114b1b36d2ad4b5663b913270Schools’ Grades Reflect Persistent Disparity
seen at 2009-11-18 07:49:59 - www.nytimes.comOver the last three years, high schools that received the lowest marks from the city have been the ones with the highest percentages of poor, black and Hispanic students.
trackback:http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=74a675182a331a18325b76c21e83f525Medical Schools Quizzed on Ghostwriting
seen at 2009-11-18 06:16:09 - www.nytimes.comSenator Charles E. Grassley asked universities what they are doing about professors who put their names on others’ articles, and how that is different from plagiarism.
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