Top Middle Schools Hotly Sought After in NYC

See All's fair in middle school scramble even panic, NYT, 12/26/08, at A1

UC Irvine to Start Law School Offering Free Tuition to All Students

See California: law school lure: no tuition, NYT, 12/25/08, at A20

-hopes to be top 20 school from outset, 60 members of inaugural class in 2009

Obama's Education Adviser Highly Critical of NYS Regents Exams

See O's guru trashed Regents, NYP, 12/16/08, at 10

Obama Picks Chicago Schools Superintendent Arne Duncan as Secretary of Education

SeeSchools chief from Chicago is cabinet pick, NYT, 12/16/08, at A1

Obama Contemplating Pick of US Education Secretary Including NYC School Chancellor Joel Klein

See Uncertain on Obama Education Plans, NYT, 12/14/08

US Students Showing Gains in Math, Not Science, and Still Outperformed Nationally

See Tests show US gains on scores for math, NYT, 12/10/08, at A23