SAT Answers

A recent Chicago forum on for-profit colleges made pertinent points about the state of American eduction but ignored some important issues.

A team of former N.C.A.A. athletes unveiled the Capital One Cup, which will be awarded to the top men’s and women’s Division I programs based on cumulative on-field performance across multiple sports.

Bret D. Schundler, the former education commissioner, emphatically denied misleading anyone in an episode that cost New Jersey a $400 million grant.

The company said it wanted to keep better track of teachers who were new or who had departed and use more methods of communication.

The value-added formula to evaluate teachers is gaining acceptance, and critics, across America.

Even though Herbert E. Nass and his wife, Jodi, loved their old school, Horace Mann, legal action seemed right when they found themselves in a fight over their son’s suspension.

Many school districts have adopted a system called value-added modeling to evaluate teachers, provoking battles from Washington to Los Angeles.

Marc Houser is on leave after being found “solely responsible” for eight counts of scientific misconduct.

David E. Van Zandt will replace Bob Kerrey, a former Nebraska senator, as the university’s president.

The University of California has appointed an official to manage spending at the private residence of its president, Mark G. Yudof, after he ran up nearly $700,000 in expenses.