2008年8月27日星期三

Yahoo! News: Education News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Education News

Army opens prep school for dropouts to fill ranks (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2008 05:58 AM CDT

Army privates Austin Swarner, left, of Baton Rouge, La., Tony Brown, center, of Los Angeles, and Haelee Holden (cq), of Medford, Ore., are seen in a classroom Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008 at Fort Jackson, S.C. The three are studying for their General Educatonal Development certificates under a new Army program, so they can become full time soldiers. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain)AP - Austin Swarner left high school to care for his mother while she fought a losing battle with cancer. Tony Brown wanted to begin supporting himself and left two classes shy of a diploma. Haelee Holden got tired of trying to make it through school while flipping burgers until 1 a.m.


3 arrested in 2 Texas school threats (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2008 01:26 PM CDT

AP - Police have arrested three people in two separate incidents of alleged threats of violence at schools.
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