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A program offering up to $1,000 for scoring well on Advanced Placement exams yielded relatively flat results, adding fuel to the debate over how to motivate students.

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The new schools ? the largest number to open in the city in a single year ? will bring the number of charter schools in the city to 78, serving 24,000 students.

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The Princeton Review, the test-preparatory firm, accidentally published the personal data and standardized test scores of tens of thousands of Florida students on its Web site, where they were available for seven weeks.

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Students and faculty at Norwalk Community College plan to step up efforts to force a redesign of a health and science center that would abide by more stringent standards for energy efficiency.

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South Koreans say their obsession to get their children into top-notch universities is nothing short of ?a war? and are turning to intense, regimented campuses.

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A last-ditch campaign to save a tradition of school sports in Mount Vernon, N.Y., has raised $225,451, including $100,000 from the actor Denzel Washington, a former resident.

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For the first time, more than half of New York City?s high school students are graduating on time, according to 2007 figures.

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Nearly 7,500 seniors enrolled in summer classes at dozens of the city?s high schools hope to graduate in August.

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A federal probation office located in the same building as a school has some parents concerned.

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Northeastern is using Kaplan Inc. to find students for, and help run, a special program for international students.

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The legislation, which includes language protecting transgender students and teachers, has been a priority of advocates for gay and lesbian rights.

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With the recent boom in the city?s under-5 set, the competition for kindergarten places can rival that of Ivy League admission.

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A deal with a Caribbean school to provide clinical training for students at public hospitals has prompted an outcry.

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The House overwhelmingly approved an overhaul of the nation?s higher education law, adding dozens of provisions and programs to help families with soaring college costs.

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Come next spring, double dutch, an urban street staple that dates back centuries, will become the newest of 35 varsity sports played in New York City schools.

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In his 12 years teaching at the University of Chicago Law School, Barack Obama was both popular and enigmatic.

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A New York parent?s satirical education news items have seemed believable enough to prompt inquiries to the Education Department?s headquarters.

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Steven A. Farber heads a nonprofit organization that aims to bring science to inner-city schools. Their tool of choice is the zebra fish.

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The Scarsdale Teachers Institute is one of the most extensive teacher-development programs in the New York area, with more than 120 teachers enrolled this summer.

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The Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority, which secured more than $500 million in educational loans last year, announced that it would not offer loans for the coming academic year.

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As cash-strapped school districts across the nation scale back sports programs, some fear that the tradition of the scholar athlete is at risk.

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Is the Internet the enemy of reading, or has it created a new kind of reading, one that society should not discount?

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Between used books and pirated copies offered for illegal download, the textbook industry has begun to transition to other models of distribution and sales.

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The statewide results for the Connecticut Mastery Test, given to students in grades three through eight, showed that math scores rose while reading results were mixed.

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Dr. Pausch was the Carnegie Mellon University professor whose ?last lecture? made him a Lou-Gehrig-like symbol of the beauty and briefness of life.

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A study paid for by the National Science Foundation has found that girls perform as well as boys on standardized math tests.

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Dr. Wade helped put cities on the map as an academic subject and advised Democratic candidates including Adlai Stevenson, Robert F. Kennedy and George McGovern.

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Andrew Giuliani, 22, accuses the university of bad faith by aggressively recruiting him to play golf for Duke and then dashing his dreams by taking steps to remove him from the team.

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Florida A&M University?s renowned band spreads its ecstatic style in a summer program that attracts hundreds of students from across the country.

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As New York?s governor promised to pursue a low-cost student loan program, it remained unclear how to set it up to ensure that it does not encourage unnecessary borrowing.

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Berea College, which charges no tuition and only accepts applicants from low-income families, provides an unusual perspective on how universities should handle endowments.

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Gov. David A. Paterson will seek a low-cost loan program to make New York more competitive with other states.

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The new Senate majority leader, Dean G. Skelos, said the Senate would pass the governor?s proposal to impose a ceiling on school property taxes within the next month.

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In response to the courts, class is replacing race as the primary basis for desegregating schools. It?s a mix that just might work.

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Rising test scores highlight a year of ambitious change at the beleaguered Newton Street School in Newark.

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The finding is a step toward forcing property owners to sell their land as part of eminent domain proceedings to make way for the expansion of Columbia University.

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Representative Charles B. Rangel said he would ask the House ethics committee to look into whether he had violated rules by using a Congressional letterhead to raise money for City College.

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Graduation rates are widely considered among the most crucial indicators of whether a system is working, but New York State has not yet reported the percentage for the Class of 2007.

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Unable to handle behavior disorders, many schools use forcible restraint. Is it abuse?

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The International Thespian Festival is part summer camp, part summer school, part arts festival and part recruitment fair.

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As fuel prices rise, thousands of students nationwide have suddenly decided to take college classes over the Internet.

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Using a portable fingerprinting machine, U.S. consular officials were seeking to expedite the granting of study visas to three students in Gaza, despite Israeli concerns.

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Jay O. Light, an expert in asset and risk management who has led the business school for the last three years, is one of at least three candidates being recruited as directors by the embattled bank.

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To attract more veterans, Gov. Ted Strickland of Ohio announced that the state would charge in-state tuition to all veterans attending college on the G.I. Bill.

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Brandon Jennings is considered the best point guard prospect of the high school class of 2008. And if he opts to play in Europe next season, it could cause a ripple effect.

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This week, James D. Merriman IV, the chief executive of the New York City Center for Charter School Excellence, is answering readers' questions.

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Hurricane Katrina wiped out the New Orleans public schools. It also created a rare chance to build a system that might solve the biggest problem in urban education -- how to teach disadvantaged children.

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As a new school year begins, the time may have come to reconsider how large a role technology can play in changing education.

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