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NEWARK, N.J. – Just two months ago, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg was at a conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, and found himself seated at dinner with Newark Mayor Cory Booker.

Friday, September 24th, 2010 at 21:25 0 comments

One morning last winter I watched a middle-school teacher named Al Doyle give a lesson, though not your typical lesson. This was New York City, a noncharter public school in an old building on a nondescript street near Gramercy Park, inside an ordinary room that looked a lot like all the other rooms around it, with fluorescent lights and linoleum floors and steam-driven radiators that hissed and clanked endlessly

Sunday, September 19th, 2010 at 03:18 0 comments

The University of California , which prides itself as a leader on social and environmental issues, voted against hundreds of shareholder resolutions designed to promote human rights, environmental sustainability and efforts to fight discrimination, a review of U.C.’s voting record shows. Enlarge This Image Ajit Solanki/Associated Press Protesters in India have accused PepsiCo of depleting groundwater and producing drinks that contain high levels of pesticides. A nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization providing local coverage of the San Francisco Bay Area for The New York Times

Friday, September 17th, 2010 at 07:30 0 comments

A year after a disastrous 27 percent decline that prompted layoffs, salary freezes and a halt to some campus expansion, the Harvard endowment on Thursday reported a solid 11 percent increase in its $27.4 billion portfolio for the fiscal year ended June 30. Enlarge This Image Jodi Hilton for The New York Times Jane Mendillo, president and chief executive of Harvard Management Company

Friday, September 10th, 2010 at 04:30 0 comments

NEWARK — Shortly after landing at Malcolm X Shabazz High School as a Teach for America recruit, Dominique D. Lee grew disgusted with a system that produced ninth graders who could not name the seven continents or the governor of their state. He started wondering: What if I were in charge?

Tuesday, September 7th, 2010 at 07:20 0 comments

The trustees of the New School , an eclectic university in downtown Manhattan, selected David E. Van Zandt , dean of the Northwestern Law School, on Thursday to be its eighth president.

Friday, August 27th, 2010 at 19:49 0 comments

IN shaky economic times, going back to school needs to be treated like any other investment: you need to weigh the potential returns while closely managing the costs. Enlarge This Image Darren Hauck for The New York Times Paula Hogan, left, a financial planner, and Jane Schroeder, a career counselor, in Ms

Thursday, August 26th, 2010 at 09:00 0 comments

UNTIL just a few years ago, looking for a job was a relatively straightforward process. Write a r?sum

Thursday, August 26th, 2010 at 09:00 0 comments

GRINNELL, Iowa — In order to separate doting parents from their freshman sons, Morehouse College in Atlanta has instituted a formal “Parting Ceremony.” Enlarge This Image Brian C. Frank for The New York Times Boyd Monson, 19, and his father, Ronald Monson, at Grinnell College in Iowa, which holds a ceremony to formalize separation

Monday, August 23rd, 2010 at 06:55 0 comments