Many With New College Degree Find the Job Market Humbling

New York Voters Pass 93% of School Budgets in State

By WINNIE HU

Administrators facing sharp reductions in state education aid offered plans to cut staff and programs, tap into reserves and keep tax increases relatively low.

Upset Over Community Roots Charter School’s Expansion

By GEOFFREY DECKER

Community Roots Charter School in Brooklyn has been seen as a success, but its plans to add sixth, seventh and eighth grades caused a stir.

City Room

Union Sues to Stop School Closings

By FERNANDA SANTOS

The lawsuit, joined by the N.A.A.C.P., says the city hasn't fulfilled its obligations to help the schools it wants to shut down. It also accuses the city of favoring charter schools in allotting space.

Yale Restricts a Fraternity for Five Years

By LISA W. FODERARO

Delta Kappa Epsilon, whose alumni include both President Bushes, has been punished for an episode in which members led pledges in chants offensive to women.

In Georgia, Court Ruling Could Close Some Charter Schools

By SAM DILLON

A law giving a special statewide commission the power to authorize charter schools is struck down.

$60 Million Gift to Bolster Bard College’s Global Work

By LISA W. FODERARO

The Open Society Foundations, created by George Soros, will help the college organize and support disparate programs.

On Education

At School for the Disabled, High Pay Leads to State Pressure and Now Layoffs

By MICHAEL WINERIP

An audit found that the Henry Viscardi School, one of 11 schools of its kind in New York, paid its top executive $1.25 million over two years.

Audit Gives Limited Nod to Reports on Schools

By FERNANDA SANTOS

The finding by John C. Liu, the New York City comptroller, says the system for ranking schools confuses teachers and students.

Online Degrees Come of Age in Asia

By LIZ GOOCH

New options are proliferating on a continent that is thirsting for knowledge workers and where geographic constraints can often be daunting.

Too Many Students and Not Enough Chairs in Germany’s Universities

By CHRISTOPHER F. SCHUETZE

Increasing demand and the elimination of the last year of high school are adding thousands of students to universities that are already over capacity.

Fast-Tracking to Kindergarten?

By KATE ZERNIKE

Enrichment programs like Kumon are gaining from, and generating, parental anxiety about what kind of preparation children need — and whether parents themselves have what it takes to provide it.

• Motherlode Blog: Pushing Kids in Public and Private

A College Degree, 55 Years and an Era in the Making

By TAMAR LEWIN

In 1956, Burlyce Sherrell Logan was one of the first black students at the University of North Texas. She dropped out amid the turmoil of the civil rights era on campus, but returned decades later.

• Audio & Photos: A Second Chance

Teacher Reviews Will Put More Focus on State Tests

By SHARON OTTERMAN 

State education officials in New York plan to enact new evaluation regulations that permit up to 40 percent of the annual reviews to be based on students’ scores on standardized exams.

Speaking Up in Class, Silently, Using Social Media

By TRIP GABRIEL

A small but growing cadre of educators is trying to exploit Twitter-like technology to enhance classroom discussion.

• Ask Teachers About Microblogging in the Classroom

Less Talk, More Action: Improving Science Learning

By BENEDICT CAREY

A study explores improving classroom instruction, using research-backed methods for testing students’ understanding as well as how science is taught.

Secret Archive of Ulster Troubles Faces Subpoena

By JIM DWYER

Authorities in the United Kingdom are seeking oral history accounts at Boston College that were made on the condition they be released only after the speakers’ deaths.

Father Sues Elite Washington School, Saying Psychologist Had Affair With His Wife

By JENNY ANDERSON

The father of a kindergartner at Sidwell Friends School in Washington filed a lawsuit claiming that the school’s psychologist had an affair with his wife while treating his daughter.