2008年9月5日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Education News

Philly school rekindles same-sex education debate (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2008 03:19 AM CDT

Richard Cherry Jr., right, 15, departs Boys' Latin of Philadelphia with his father, Richard Cherry Sr, in Philadelphia Tuesday July 15, 2008.  Boys' Latin of Philadelphia, one of the city's newer charter schools, aims to be an educational beacon in the financially and academically troubled district. But because it is single sex public school — one of four in Philadelphia — it faced huge opposition and almost didn't exist.  (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma)AP - Calling all ninth-grade boys! Raise your hand if this school sounds like fun: wearing jackets and ties every day, staying until 5 p.m., learning Latin and — to top it all off — no girls.


New York to sue student loan company: report (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Sep 2008 09:28 PM CDT

Reuters - New York's state attorney general is planning to sue the student loan company, Goal Financial, accusing it of engaging in illegal practices to lure customers, the New York Times reported on Thursday.

Palin switched colleges 6 times in 6 years (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2008 07:03 PM CDT

AP - Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin seems to have switched colleges at least six times in six years, including two stints at the University of Idaho before graduating from there in 1987.

Colo. school bus, truck collide; injuries reported (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2008 12:00 PM CDT

AP - A small school bus collided with a tractor-trailer rig Thursday, leaving the bus driver and 12 students with bumps and bruises, a school official said. There was no word on whether anyone in the rig was hurt.

More saving than splurging in lean back-to-school (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Sep 2008 10:58 AM CDT

Signs announce a sale for 'back to school' at a JC Penney Co store in Westminster, Colorado August 14, 2008. (Rick Wilking/Reuters)Reuters - This back-to-school season, high school student Tony Lopez is sticking to basics like jeans and shirts so he has enough money to buy his football equipment and go out on weekends.


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