Education News from NY Times

This word has appeared in 544 New York Times articles in the past year.    

A viral video and three quick teaching ideas, along with links to Times resources on commencement addresses from 1901 to 2013.    

This week’s Poetry Pairing matches “Prayer for a Bamboo-Flowering Famine” by Karen An-Hwei Lee with the book review “Fighting for Scraps” by Pankaj Mishra.    

A man killed himself with a sawed-off shotgun in front of about a dozen children, according to preliminary police reports.    

Do you see yourself as someone who will drive a car every day as you get older — to go to work, go shopping and get around town? Or, do you imagine yourself walking, bicycling and using public transportation?    

What does Mansoor Khalid stock on the back dashboard of his yellow cab?    

Can you identify the adverb found in the sentences from the article?    

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This word has appeared in 10 New York Times articles in the past year.    

Parents in Chicago have filed two federal lawsuits opposing proposed school closings. In March, the Chicago Public Schools identified 53 schools that it planned to close.    

A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that a German family could not claim asylum in the United States because it would face penalties in Germany for home-schooling its children.    

In a 23-minute speech on Wednesday, William C. Thompson Jr., a Democratic candidate for mayor of New York City, laid out his vision for education.    

After a scandal that cost Tim Pernetti and Mike Rice their jobs, Julie Hermann was named Rutgers’ athletic director, making her one of the few women leading a major sports program.    

Ideas for teachers and students about how to become a part of the global maker movement, via a new campaign called the Summer of Making and Connecting.    

One of my fears with picking a roommate is that I might not end up getting along with him and then I will regret not having the selection be made randomly.    

What teams do you follow or play for? How loyal a fan are you? What bitter defeats have they suffered, and how did you react? When have you been most disappointed by a team? Why?    

Why did Angelina Jolie write an Op-Ed in this week’s New York Times, and what do you think about what she wrote?    

Can you calculate the distance from Earth to planets that are 1,200 light years away?    

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Eastern Slovakia’s elementary schools are a microcosm of one of Europe’s biggest challenges: how to bring its most disadvantaged minority into the mainstream.