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• The Big Cram for Hunter High School
• Wednesday was the final day of test-prep boot camp for a group of 11-year-olds preparing to take the Hunter College High School admissions exam.
• On Education | Amagansett: Making Sense of School Consolidation
• East End residents argue that folding smaller school districts into larger ones may not be the best thing for students or municipal budgets.
• Law on Flu Vaccinations May Be Tested
• New Jersey, the first state in the nation to require flu shots for young schoolchildren, set a Dec. 31 deadline for parents to obtain flu vaccinations for their children.
• The Debt Trap: Colleges Profit as Banks Market Credit Cards to Students
• As concern about student debt rises, promotional relationships between schools and banks have sounded alarm bells.
• Applications for Colleges Clog System
• On Tuesday and Wednesday there was a slowdown at the Common Application Web site, which handles online applications for some 350 colleges and universities.
• SAT Changes Policy, Opening Rift With Colleges
• Some highly selective schools have said they will not go along with Score Choice, a new policy allowing students to select which of their multiple scores colleges can see.
• A Rust Belt Oasis, the University of Michigan Is Spending Billions to Grow
• Nine major buildings are in various stages of construction at the university’s Ann Arbor campus, one of the largest university building programs in the U.S.
• The Parent-Teacher Talk Gains a New Participant
• Student-led conferences are gaining ground at elementary and middle schools nationwide, in part because of the rapidly shifting demographics at public schools.
• Samuel P. Huntington, 81, Political Scientist, Is Dead
• Dr. Huntington was an influential political scientist who taught at Harvard for more than a half-century and produced new analyses of domestic and international conflicts.
• Staten Island School Chorus Finds Fame on YouTube
• Gregg Breinberg helped make his chorus at Public School 22 in Graniteville popular on YouTube, and their predecessors once serenaded the singer and songwriter Tori Amos with two of her songs.
• All’s Fair in the Middle School Scramble
• As the city has created hundreds of new schools, there is a wave of panic among many parents of fifth graders.
• Dean’s Firing Draws Protest at Duquesne Law School
• Supporters of Donald J. Guter argue that he had done a good job and that his only failing was not getting along with the university’s president.
• How Do You Run a Hedge Fund? Colleges Are Showing How
• Business schools are increasing efforts to educate students in the skills and knowledge most relevant to running hedge funds.
• National Briefing | West: California: Law School Lure: No Tuition
• A law school opening next fall in Southern California is offering a big incentive to top students: free tuition for three years.
• Cuts Imperil a Real High School Musical
• Amid state and city budget cuts, the bright lights have dimmed at Fiorello H. La Guardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts — the school of “Fame” fame.
• A Guilty Plea for Failing to Test Youth Helmets Properly
• The former president of a company that refurbished sports equipment for hundreds of school districts pleaded guilty to charges that included failing to properly test thousands of youth football helmets.
• Private Colleges Worry About a Dip in Enrollment
• Decreased enrollment, especially at small colleges with tuition-driven budgets, could mean significant cutbacks to programs and faculty.
• Your Money: Saving for College Amid the Financial Turmoil
• If a family puts too much money in stocks, it could easily lose a year’s worth of tuition in a matter of months.
• Troublesome Student Makes Good, and Honors Disciplinarian
• When the founder of the Jimmy John’s sandwich shop empire was honored by his prep school, he insisted he share the distinction with a former dean of discipline.