Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, beaming over an array of charts and graphs showing New York City’s rising high school graduation rates, turned to introduce Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein at a news conference earlier this year...

In 2004 Cypress Semiconductor chief executive officer T.J. Rodgers waged a successful insurgent campaign -- the first in 24 years -- for election to the Dartmouth board against three candidates selected by the alumni council nominating committee...

Last Feb. 12, you may recall, New York education officials announced plans to open a minischool in September that would teach half its classes in Arabic and include study of Arab culture...

Regarding Chester E. Finn Jr. and Diane Ravitch's op-ed ("Not by Geeks Alone," Aug. 8): The authors state the problem correctly -- elevating the importance of science, technology, engineering and math ("STEM" subjects) above subjects like history and literature does American students no favors...