Education News from NY Times

Do you use Urban Dictionary? How much slang do you use in general, and how much of the latest slang do you tend to adopt?    

Can you calculate the amount of sales cellphone companies made per hour in 2012?    

See what you know about the news of the day.    

This word has appeared in one New York Times article in the past year.    

Parents say the Chicago Board of Education’s plan to shut 53 elementary schools is uprooting the personal and academic lifelines of the city’s neediest communities.    

The administration of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has consented to replace light fixtures containing the toxic substance in hundreds of schools by 2016, rather than 2021.    

In this lesson, students examine the myriad issues surrounding immigration reform, including border security, the economic impact of foreign-born workers, and paths to citizenship for those who have entered illegally.    

Do you think the current federal prohibition on marijuana is good public policy?    

What is a “supercell” storm? How many tornadoes touched down in four states this weekend?    

Leobardo Espinoza Jr., a high school senior in Kansas whose parents did not graduate from high school, expects to “work harder and longer” to compete with his Ivy League classmates this fall.    

Can you choose the best synonym for “cri de coeur”?    

See what you know about the news of the day.    

This word has appeared in 567 New York Times articles in the past year.    

The N.Y.U. researchers, who specialized in magnetic resonance imaging, colluded with Chinese institutions to reveal confidential information, prosecutors said.    

President Obama told Morehouse College graduates that “laws, hearts and minds have been changed to the point where someone who looks like you can serve as president.”    

Fill in the blanks in the first 10 paragraphs of the article “Veeck’s Son Dusts Off Old Idea and Crowdsources the Umpiring” by Pat Borzi.    

In the beginning, my dream of attending college in the United States with limited funds seemed to be just that: a dream. However, I am grateful to have had friends and family who were always supportive.    

Although Will Walker, who will attend Williams College, counts himself “lucky,” he encourages other students with unfulfilled college plans to wait: “the universe usually has a way of working things out.”    

This is our final post in this feature for the school year. If you’ve used it with your classes, write in and let us know!    

What has the Smithsonian Institution recently acquired for the National Museum of African-American History and Culture?