Education News from NY Times

Anjelica Gonzalez says lessons from her mother, a Las Vegas blackjack dealer, helped her succeed as a scientist.    

In an introductory course, a professor found that requiring students to ask everyday questions was an effective way to teach economics concepts.    

At a forum on Saturday, several candidates said they would scrap signature policies of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, including his A-through-F grading system for schools.    

David A. Patterson, a professor at Washington University in St. Louis, has firsthand knowledge of the substance abuse and other problems facing American Indian communities.    

Pomp, circumstance and the perennial debate over free speech on campuses.    

Mike Yastrzemski, the grandson of Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski, is a senior on Vanderbilt’s baseball team and is expected to play professionally.    

A task force on Friday unanimously recommended tearing down Sandy Hook Elementary School and building a new one on the site where a gunman killed 26 children and adults on Dec. 14.    

The vote this week of the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development was 117 to 45 against the president, John Sexton.    

Michael Mulgrew, president of the teachers’ union, has been dangling a wish list of ideas to candidates who are hoping to win the backing of the powerful union.    

The Education Department said Friday that roughly 300 additional students had been wrongly excluded from eligibility in public school gifted programs because of another mistake by the testing company.    

In a question-and-answer exchange, the author of a new report on financial aid describes problems in making college affordable for low-income students, and potential solutions.    

The anemic economy has left millions struggling to get ahead. Student debt is making it even harder for many of them, as they delay purchases of things like homes and cars.    

Three recent STEM-related articles that inspired simple student projects exploring video design and gaming.    

Be careful. Senioritis, that intensifying disinterest in maintaining high academic standards, is real — and it is dangerous, as regular readers of The Choice are aware.    

Should comments among friends on Facebook be considered private? Or, should we expect that anything said on social media might be viewed by the world?    

Where can you fit exercise into your daily life, if you don’t already?    

Can you choose the words that correctly complete the sentence?    

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Congress now has an array of legislative options to prevent the interest rate from doubling to 6.8 percent on July 1, as scheduled.