Education: Interesting Stories from The New York Times

The Learning Network: Teenagers in The Times | March 2016
Teenagers in the Times presents all the news about young people that has appeared in The New York Times in the past month.

Pro-Trump Chalk Messages Cause Conflicts on College Campuses
Episodes at several universities illustrate how so-called chalking can turn a low-budget advertising tool into a political lightning rod.

Steven B. Sample, Former University President, Dies at 75
Dr. Sample was president of the State University of New York at Buffalo for nine years and then led the University of Southern California for 19 years.

The Learning Network: Word of the Day + Quiz | opportune
This word has appeared in 46 New York Times articles in the past year.

The Learning Network: Student Question | Should Schools Be Teaching, and Evaluating, Social-Emotional Skills Like ‘Grit’?
Should schools teach, and then evaluate you on, qualities like self-control, resilience and conscientiousness?

The Learning Network: Election 2016: Our Teaching and Learning Homepage
We offer teachers, parents and students a list of election-related teaching resources and lesson plans.

The Learning Network: News Q’s | How New York Gets Its Water
How do you imagine the water you drink gets to you?

The Learning Network: Our Seventh Annual Found Poem Student Contest
No matter what you teach, consider this contest an invitation to have your students find and close-read relevant New York Times articles — and have a little fun while they do it.

High Lead Levels Found at More Newark Schools
Nearly a quarter of samples collected in school buildings in the district last week had concentrations above the federal threshold.

Mayor de Blasio Meets With Parents Opposed to State Testing
An Education Department official said that although the mayor continued to believe the tests were important, he wanted to hear the parents’ views.

Shirley Hufstedler, Pioneering Judge and First Cabinet-Level Education Secretary, Is Dead at 90
Shirley Hufstedler set as her goal at the new Education Department to bolster programs that gave assistance to the disadvantaged and the disabled.

The Learning Network: News Q’s | An Ancient and Proven Way to Improve Memorization
How good is your memory? What tricks do you use to remember names, or things you have to do or buy?

The Learning Network: Student Question | What Skill Could You Teach in Two Minutes?
What do you know how to do well, no matter how seemingly-insignificant or offbeat? Is there something you could teach others not to do? What, among your many skills, would be most fun to make a video about?

The Learning Network: Word of the Day + Quiz | junket
This word has appeared in 26 New York Times articles in the past year.

National Briefing | West: California: Audit of University Finds In-State Students Are Shortchanged
California’s auditor said that the University of California had undermined residents by admitting a growing number of nonresident students, some of whom were less qualified than in-state students.

National Briefing | West: California: No Charges Will Be Filed in 2015 Balcony Collapse in Berkeley
A California prosecutor has decided against filing criminal charges in a fifth-story balcony collapse that killed six students from Ireland and injured seven other people in Berkeley last year.