2008年9月4日星期四

Yahoo! News: Education News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Education News

Back to school for Chicago public school students (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2008 04:46 AM CDT

Local residents welcome hundreds of Chicago public school students with their parents as they arrive to fill out applications in the New Trier High School while boycotting the first day of Chicago school classes Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008 in Northfield, Ill. to protest unequal school funding. The group rode buses more than 30 miles north to try to enroll in the wealthy suburban district. Boycott organizers acknowledge the move was largely symbolic because students would have to show proof that they live in the district or pay tuition to attend a school outside their home district. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)AP - Public school students who skipped classes to protest unequal education funding were urged to return to their desks Thursday after the boycott was prematurely called off.


$350 million high school finally opens in LA (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2008 08:26 PM CDT

Students are seen at the newly-opened 'Edward R. Roybal Learning Center downtown Los Angeles, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008.  A decade behind schedule, this $350 million high school has finally opened in downtown Los Angeles after years of environmental, seismic and legal troubles. More than 2,000 students streamed into the Edward R. Roybal Learning Center on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008, years after it was planned as an education showplace to relieve overcrowded classrooms.(AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)AP - A decade behind schedule, a $350 million downtown high school finally opened on Wednesday after years of environmental, seismic and legal troubles.


NY teen arrested after school threat on Facebook (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2008 07:18 PM CDT

AP - A teenage student accused of posting a threat against her school on her social-networking Web page was just trying to prolong her summer break, her lawyer said Wednesday.

J.C. Penney, Kohl's August same-store sales fall (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Sep 2008 08:40 AM CDT

Customers leave a J.C. Penney Co store in Westminster, Colorado August 14, 2008. (Rick Wilking/Reuters)Reuters - J.C. Penney Co Inc and Kohl's Corp said on Wednesday sales at stores open at least a year declined in August as consumers curbed back-to-school spending in a weak economy.


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