Just Say No, Yes or Maybe
By JULIE SCELFO
Parents’ perspectives on marijuana use are as disparate as the nation’s mandates. Here, how five parents talk to their children about smoking pot.
Education Life
Legally High
By ABIGAIL SULLIVAN MOORE and JULIE TURKEWITZ
Matthew Staver for The New York Times
How recreational marijuana changes a campus culture. (Not so much, if it’s the University of Colorado, Boulder, where some say smoking pot is just part of everyday life.)
This Is Your Brain on Drugs
By ABIGAIL SULLIVAN MOORE
New studies show that the effects of marijuana on young people may be greater than we thought. One has found brain differences even in casual smokers.
Greek Letters at a Price
By RISA C. DOHERTY
Looking to join a sorority? You’ll need time and money to spare. And don’t be late for meetings and events (there’s a fine for that).
Pool photo by George Skene
Dante Martin waited during jury selection Monday for his manslaughter trial in Orange County, Fla.
Trial Begins for First Band Member in Hazing Death of Florida A&M Drum Major
By LIZETTE ALVAREZ
The death of Robert Champion, 26, brought heightened focus to college hazing and prompted a flurry of strict antihazing laws across the country.
Your Money Adviser
Another College Expense: Preparing for the SAT and ACT
By ANN CARRNS
Test-preparation tutors and classes can be expensive, but there are less costly alternatives.
Colleges’ Shift on Four-Year Scholarships Reflects Players’ Growing Power
By BEN STRAUSS
The one-year scholarship has come to be viewed as similar to an employment contract, while four-year awards are seen as more in the spirit of amateurism.
The Upshot
A New Push to Get Low-Income Students Through College
By DAVID LEONHARDT
Michael Bloomberg’s charity announced an effort to reduce the number of poor students who excel in high school and fail to get through college.
Rare Survey Examines Sexual Assault at M.I.T.
By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA
M.I.T. revealed that among undergraduates who replied to a survey, at least 17 percent of women and 5 percent of men said they had been sexually assaulted.
Karlos Williams, Florida State’s Top Rusher, Is Accused of Domestic Abuse
By MARC TRACY
Williams, a senior, is the third Seminoles starter to face an abuse claim in the past two years.
3 New York Colleges to Drop Crime Queries for Applicants
By ARIEL KAMINER
Under an agreement with the attorney general’s office, St. John’s and two smaller colleges will no longer ask potential students if they have ever been arrested or convicted of a felony.
Three Supreme Court Justices Return to Yale
By ADAM LIPTAK
Justices Thomas, Sotomayor and Alito attended reunion weekend at the law school and discussed affirmative action, salsa dancing and spittoons.
International Education
Using Social Media to Shake Up College Fund-Raising
By JENNY MARC
A successful campaign in Latvia helped triple alumni engagement in just six weeks. Now, universities in the Baltics and beyond are looking to replicate its success.
Essay
Hooking Up at an Affirmative-Consent Campus? It’s Complicated
By EMILY BAZELON
“Yes means yes” means checking in with your partner during sex, but many young men say they don’t know how to have that conversation.
The Ad Campaign: New York Governor
Cuomo, With a Daughter’s Help, Tweaks His Education Image
By ELIZABETH A. HARRIS
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s “Education” television ad appears to be a response to criticism from his opponent, Rob Astorino, of his support for the Common Core standards.
From a Rwandan Dump to the Halls of Harvard
By MICHAEL WINES
Justus Uwayesu’s life was changed by a chance encounter in Rwanda with an American charity worker.
U.N.C. Investigation Reveals Athletes Took Fake Classes
By SARAH LYALL
A report found that classes requiring no attendance and little work were common knowledge among academic counselors and football coaches.
Immigrants’ School Cases Spur Enrollment Review in New York
By BENJAMIN MUELLER
Officials will determine whether districts have discouraged undocumented immigrant children through rigid enrollment requirements.
Advertising
Helping Parents Deal With Learning and Attention Issues
By JANE L. LEVERE
Fifteen nonprofit groups conducted research that led to a new website to help parents better understand these issues and a campaign to promote the site.
Pennsylvania: Hazing Ends Team’s Season
By REUTERS
The Central Bucks School District in suburban Philadelphia on Thursday canceled the football team’s season at West High School and suspended its coaches after reports of hazing.
Nation’s Wealthy Places Pour Private Money Into Public Schools, Study Finds
By MOTOKO RICH
With funding formulas that cap or redirect local property tax revenues to state coffers, some places are looking for other ways to capture local money.
New York City Council to Look at School Segregation
By ELIZABETH A. HARRIS
Though the Council has very limited power over public schools, the bill’s sponsors say they do have the ability to increase the volume of the conversation.
From the Magazine
When Women Become Men at Wellesley
By RUTH PADAWER
Can women’s colleges survive the transgender movement?
An American School Immerses Itself in All Things Chinese
By JANE A. PETERSON
At Yinghua Academy in Minneapolis, most classes are taught in Mandarin, and students are near fluency by eighth grade.
50 Ways to Teach With Current Events
By MICHAEL GONCHAR
In honor of National News Engagement Day, here are 50 ideas to help teachers bring current events into the classroom.
From Opinion
Opinion
Throw Out the College Application System
By ADAM GRANT
We should learn from the spymasters and assess students in person.
Room for Debate
How to Diversify Teaching
What can be done to make a career in education more attractive to men and people of color?
Exposures
My First Year
Checking in with college students, before and after their freshman year in New York City.
Special Section
Continuing Education
High-achieving women are returning to jobs they left to care for children or aging parents, taking advantage of help offered by the banks and law firms that first hired them. Also, going to school to become an umpire or referee: In the big leagues, at least, the money is good.
Multimedia
Graphic: Unequal Progress on Standardized Tests
Average scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress have been rising but large disparities among races and economic classes remain.
Interactive: New York School Test Scores
A complete summary of demographics and student performance over the past decade for every school in New York.
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