Educators and parents are re-examining the role of honor societies, which started out as an academic distinction but have become a routine item on college résumés.
Fri 1 Jan 2010
Filed under: Admissions Standards, Education and Schools — @ 3:40 am
Sat 19 Dec 2009
Filed under: Admissions Standards, Multiple Births, Student Loans, Yale University, Education and Schools, Colleges and Universities, Connecticut — @ 4:46 am
For the first time in anyone’s memory, Yale offered admission to quadruplets, but whether any one of the siblings winds up there remains an open question.
Fri 18 Dec 2009
For young New Yorkers who perform, trying out for one of the many competitive arts schools has become a consuming, nail-biting effort.
Sat 21 Nov 2009
Filed under: Tutors and Tutoring, Admissions Standards, Tests and Testing, Education (Pre-School), Private and Sectarian Schools, Children and Youth, Education and Schools — @ 3:42 am
Test preparation companies are now catering to a new demographic: youngsters who may well watch Big Bird and Elmo the morning of their exams.
Wed 18 Nov 2009
The New York Police Department hasn’t been able to take advantage of a wider pool of candidates because of budget cuts.
Tue 17 Nov 2009
The New York Police Department hasn’t been able to take advantage of a wider pool of candidates because of budget cuts.
Tue 17 Nov 2009
The New York Police Department hasn’t been able to take advantage of a wider pool of candidates because of budget cuts.
Tue 17 Nov 2009
After years of struggling to lure top-quality recruits, the Police Department has found that the economic climate has caused an increase in applications, including some from Wall Street refugees.
Mon 19 Oct 2009
Filed under: Parenting, Admissions Standards, Hunter College Elementary School, Anderson School PS 334, New Explorations Into Science, Technology and Math, Tests and Testing, Gifted Students, Education and Schools, Private and Sectarian Schools, Upper West Side (NYC), Education (Pre-School), New York City — @ 4:39 am
Speyer Legacy School, a private school on the Upper West Side, opens at a time when there are far more applicants for advanced classes than there are seats.
Tue 22 Sep 2009
Filed under: Admissions Standards, Equal Educational Opportunities, Stanford University, Charter Schools, Vouchers, Education and Schools, Bloomberg, Michael R, Klein, Joel I, New York City — @ 6:18 am
The study found a testing performance gap between New York City charter school students and those who applied but did not get in.