New York Times: Education News http://www.nytimes.com/ A synthetic RSS channel, derived from XML text published by The New York Times Company. en-us Copyright 2001 The New York Times Company Fri, 08 Jun 2001 16:50:09 GMT http://backend.userland.com/nyTimesRssRouter dave@userland.com At College Graduations, Wit and Wisdom for the Price of Airfare http://partners.nytimes.com/2001/05/28/national/28GRAD.html Summer Sponsors Scarce for Free Lunch Programs http://partners.nytimes.com/2001/05/28/national/28LUNC.html Lessons: A Rebellion Is Growing Against Required Tests http://partners.nytimes.com/2001/05/30/national/30LESS.html How to Make 21,000 Classroom Libraries Choose the Right Titles http://partners.nytimes.com/2001/05/30/nyregion/30BOOK.html Bulletin Board http://partners.nytimes.com/2001/05/30/nyregion/30BULL.html Panel Urges Second Track for Math http://partners.nytimes.com/2001/05/31/nyregion/31MATH.html 15 School Health Clinics Scheduled for Closing Get a Reprieve http://partners.nytimes.com/2001/06/01/nyregion/01CLIN.html At Baruch, Levy Urges Heeding to Altruism http://partners.nytimes.com/2001/06/02/nyregion/02COMM.html Corning Is Split Over a Company-Backed School Plan http://partners.nytimes.com/2001/06/02/nyregion/02CORN.html Sexual Attacks in New York City's Schools Are Up Sharply http://partners.nytimes.com/2001/06/03/nyregion/03ABUS.html Officials to Seek New Ways to Curb School Sex Attacks http://partners.nytimes.com/2001/06/04/nyregion/04ABUS.html Teachers' Leader Yielding on Mayor's School Role http://partners.nytimes.com/2001/06/04/nyregion/04BOAR.html Support, and Caution, for a School Crime-Report Law http://partners.nytimes.com/2001/06/05/nyregion/05ABUS.html New Superintendent to Head West Point http://partners.nytimes.com/2001/06/05/nyregion/05APPO.html Youths Charged Over Web Site With Sex Details http://partners.nytimes.com/2001/06/05/nyregion/05CHAP.html A Chorus of Hallelujahs and Tears for a Teacher From Finland http://partners.nytimes.com/2001/06/05/nyregion/05FINN.html Princeton Honors Ex-Judge Once Turned Away for Race http://partners.nytimes.com/2001/06/05/nyregion/05PRIN.html News Analysis: Teacher Pact Still Far Off http://partners.nytimes.com/2001/06/05/nyregion/05TEAC.html Lessons: Test Here and There, Not Everywhere http://partners.nytimes.com/2001/06/06/national/06LESS.html Bulletin Board http://partners.nytimes.com/2001/06/06/nyregion/06BULL.html Repetition + Rap = Charter School Success http://partners.nytimes.com/2001/06/06/nyregion/06CHAR.html At Bronx Preparatory Charter School, a back to basics curriculum paid off with gains on standardized test scores, particularly in math. By JODI WILGOREN. First Graduates at a Haven for Girls http://partners.nytimes.com/2001/06/06/nyregion/06SCHO.html Four and a half years after a New York City philanthropist founded a public school for girls in a poor Hispanic neighborhood, drawing opposition from feminists and civil libertarians, the school is graduating its first class. By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS. Chief Executive of Chicago Schools Resigns http://partners.nytimes.com/2001/06/07/national/07CHIC.html Paul G. Vallas, the blunt-talking, bottom-line-driven manager who led the turnaround of Chicago's troubled school system, said that he was resigning after six years as the school district's chief executive. By JODI WILGOREN. Early Access to an Exam in Westchester Is Investigated http://partners.nytimes.com/2001/06/07/nyregion/07SAT.html The College Board and the Educational Testing Service are investigating how some high school students in Westchester County obtained early knowledge of some questions on a specialized college entrance exam. By EDWARD WYATT. Program to Push Public School Students 2 Years Ahead http://partners.nytimes.com/2001/06/07/nyregion/07SCHO.html The Board of Education is creating a joint program with Bard College that will allow select 11th graders to start college at a special institute in Brooklyn. By ABBY GOODNOUGH. Student Writers Try to Duck the Censors by Going Online http://partners.nytimes.com/2001/06/07/technology/07HIGH.html Some high school journalists are turning to the Web to get around the restrictions imposed on their schools' official newspapers. By JEFFREY SELINGO. City Insists on Administrative Cuts for School Board http://partners.nytimes.com/2001/06/08/nyregion/08SCHO.html City officials reassured the Board of Education that they would allocate additional money for instruction in the next school year if the board made cuts in its administrative costs over the summer. By EDWARD WYATT.