Education News from NY Times

The list of colleges and universities dropping the admissions requirement of standardized test scores continues to extend each year.

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How did Donnie Collins’s fraternity brothers raise money to cover the cost of his top surgery, a procedure that is part of a female-to-male transgender transition?

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Concerns that members of the Board of Regents are micromanaging schools in the University of Texas System are leading lawmakers to take action.

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

A high school named after Jonathan M. Levin, a dedicated teacher killed by a former student, has had changes in its student body, and it is expected to be closed.

The State University of New York released a music video as part of its effort to attract applicants, but not everyone was a fan.

State budget writers on Thursday approved a $1.4 billion increase for public education in the first clear signal that the new Legislature may pour money back into public schools.

Sometimes less is more, so along with our page of Women’s History resources, we offer this simple idea, which you can do in as little as one class period.

See one Language Arts teacher’s use of “Avalanche” to help his students think about the future of storytelling, why it matters and how they can use the techniques to tell their own stories. And if you’ve used “Avalanche,” let us know.

This week’s Poetry Pairing matches “For you: anthophilous, lover of flowers,” a poem by Reginald Dwayne Betts, with “Their Trip to Bountiful” by Anne Raver.

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Sush Krishnamoorthy, a student in New Delhi who is applying to universities in the United States, learned about more than genetics during a candidate weekend at N.Y.U. Abu Dhabi.

What is Code.org? What message does Code.org want to communicate with its new video?

Can you identify the punctuation marks that set off some words in the sentence from the article?

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There are almost as many routes to a degree as there are students at Thomas Edison, which has offered adults higher-education alternatives since 1972.

In recognition of America Saves Week, we put together a toolbox of activities and related readings to help students learn essential lessons about personal finance.