Education News from NY Times

Can you imagine sharing more things with strangers besides bikes, like college textbooks, a prom dress or even a car?    

Why do officials think social media is playing a role in the increase in vandalism in United States parks?    

Can you identify the literary device used in the sentence from the article?    

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

Senator Lamar Alexander’s bill would allow states to devise curriculum standards, tests, school rating systems and consequences for schools that fail to meet state goals with far fewer guidelines.    

A federal agency said it would suspend action against the University of Alabama at Birmingham, which it said did not adequately tell parents about risks to their premature infants enrolled in a research trial.    

Yiddish experts say the preferred spelling of the winning word in the widely televised Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday night has historically been kneydl, not knaidel.    

Holy Spirit School is closing, taking jobs, salaries and purpose from many veteran teachers.    

The United Negro College Fund is introducing a campaign with the tagline, “A mind is a terrible thing to waste but a wonderful thing to invest in.”    

This student-produced and directed video was made, according to teachers, “off the cuff, from the heart and without notes.”    

“The Hero of Paris” by Micah, 17, from Phoenix, is the seventh of 12 winning poems in our fourth annual Found Poem Student Contest.    

Do you think interracial relationships are still an issue in some places?    

What actions taken by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his government have angered protesters?    

Can you calculate the amount of taxes a certain corporation paid on every $100 of revenue it earned over a period of five years?    

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This word has appeared in 73 New York Times articles in the past year.    

After losing his job and reputation after the killing of one of his students, James Van de Velde worked his way back to being a respected professor by relying on his academic expertise in terrorism.    

The American Academy of Arts and Sciences has defended its president, Leslie Cohen Berlowitz, who is accused of falsely claiming to have earned a doctorate.    

E. Gordon Gee is known for his outspokenness, which has landed him in trouble at times. But controversy over a remark about Notre Dame has not abated.