US Education Department Shores Up College Student Lending Market

See "Education agency's plan shores up market for loans to college students," NYT, 5/22/08, at A22

Parents Stuck with Exclusive Private School

See "A school that costs $20,000 not to go to," NYT, 5/23/08, at B1

-couple must pay 20k to private school after child gets into city school

NYC Chancellor says City's best schools facing 6% budget cuts

See"City says best schools may suffer," NYT, 5/22/08, at B1

-Klein challenges state on financing rules

See "74 City schools told to expect 5% budget cut," NYT, 5/23/08, at B1

City teacher faces termination for organizing student test boycott over high stakes tests

"Teacher may get ax after kids boycott exam," NYDN, 5/23/8, at 12

-Bronx teacher Douglas Avella, IS 318

NJ bill would make school mandatory until age 18

See "Bill would make school mandatory until age 18," Bergen Record, 5/16/08, at L2

-17 states now require compulsory education until age 18; would raise it from age 16; A-1209 is bill number

Long Island Districts Integrates Global Focus into Curriculum

See"District puts all the world in classrooms," NYT, 5/16/08, at B1

-Herricks, LI school in New Hyde Park will integrate international studies into every aspect of curriculum

Educational Consultants Facing Conflict of Interest by Profiting for Placing International Students at Colleges

"Matchin newcomer to college, while both pay," NYT, 5/11/08, at A1


-educational consulting services earning fees to place foreign students at universities

JuicyCampus.com Stirring Controversy on College Campuses

"Earn your degree in online bullying," NYDN, 5/11/08, at 26

-antisemitic postings on website, but proposals to ban site rejected at Columbia and other schools

Dallas Schools Use GPS Monitors to Track Truant Whereabouts

"To Curb Truancy, Dallas tries electronic monitoring," NYT, 5/12/08, at A17

Construction Causing School Overcrowding in Certain NYC Neighborhoods

See "In City's growing neighborhoods, public schools face pupil jam," NYT, 5/9/08, at A1

President Bush Signs Legislation Allowing More Direct Student Lending During Credit Crunch

See "Toward better student lending," NYT, 5/8/08, at A36

Competition intensifies for NYC choice high schools

See "HS daze for left-out kids," NYDN, 4/30/08, at 15

-7772 students didn't get in anywhere
-85000 placed in 400 schools

Arkansas Law Professor Sues Own Students for Defamation After Being Labeled Racist

See "Law Professor Accuses 2 Students of Defamation," NYT, 5/1/08, at A21

-Professor Richard Peltz claims unfairly labeled as racist by two of his students after he used controversial article in constitutional law class

Colleges Offering More Entrepreneurship Classes

See "Take course, start business," NYT, 5/1/08, at C7

-describes growing popularity of entrepreneur classes in college