Education News from NY Times

Is our Summer Reading Contest on your school’s list? Look at the powerhouse panel of judges who will read students’ work from June 14 to Aug. 16 and consider joining in.    

A college counselor offers final steps for high school seniors as they wrap up their high school career, finalize their college plans and prepare for their final summer before college.    

Every Monday we publish a New York Times photo without a caption, headline or other information about its origins. Join the conversation by posting about what you see, and why.    

Do you spend too much time complaining–and listening to other people complain?    

What horse and rider won the Kentucky Derby on Saturday?    

Can you calculate the amount of money the New York Jets paid Tim Tebow per play last season?    

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This word has appeared in 40 New York Times articles in the past year.    

Many lawyers have found that if you have a legal complaint against New York City’s schools, you have to sue the Education Department or the Board of Education, which many thought was abolished.    

If it is successful, the show could become a template for future joint projects.    

In an address at Ohio State, the president said that government critics “gum up the works” and that he was optimistic about young people’s opportunities.    

A program aims to increase the number of students doing short-term courses as part of a broader attempt to make the country more competitive internationally.    

As Myanmar embarks on improving its higher education system, the possibility of assistance from foreign universities and scholars has become a central focus.    

Repression under the military junta left universities in a mess. Now, signs of looser government control has prompted hopes that the higher education system can finally be modernized.    

At Avenues, the $85 million bet on for-profit schooling is meeting its first real test — parents.    

While colleges have always courted accomplished public figures, a leap to the front of the class has now become a natural move for those who have suffered career flameouts.    

The Philadelphia School District has already attracted at least one educational group to a Victorian-era complex being renovated in South Kensington.    

The Rev. Donald J. Harrington’s announcement came a few months after the board of trustees requested an inquiry into possible improprieties at the university.    

College graduates are the only group that has more people employed today than when the recession started.    

The Department of Homeland Security ordered changes after finding that Azamat Tazhayakov, a friend of the surviving suspect in the Boston bombings, used a visa that should have been canceled.