2008年12月5日星期五

Yahoo! News: Education News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Education News

St. Louis schools to seek lead abatement funds (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2008 10:46 PM CST

AP - A district executive says St. Louis public schools will seek at least $4.5 million in outside funds to correct potential lead paint hazards at 27 elementary schools.

Too early to know if Mo. school had HIV outbreak (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2008 03:08 PM CST

RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2008  Former Yukos vice-president Vasily Alexanian sits in the defendant's cage during his court hearing in Moscow February 5, 2008. A Russian court began Alexanian's trial on Monday after refusing last week to free the former oil-executive who lawyers say is dying from HIV-AIDS and in urgent need of medical treatment.   REUTERS/Alexander Natruskin  (RUSSIA)AP - Six weeks after someone with HIV said dozens of students at a St. Louis high school might have been exposed to the virus, it remains unclear whether an outbreak has occurred.


NYC high school freshman hit, killed by school bus (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2008 02:44 PM CST

AP - Authorities say a high school freshman in New York City has been struck and killed by a school bus.

Potential Obama pick visits Education Department (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2008 09:42 AM CST

Chicago Public Schools chief Arne Duncan is seen during a news conference in Chicago, Nov. 13, 2008. On Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008, the Chicago Board of Education will vote on an anti-bullying high school. If approved by the country's third-largest school district, the Social Justice Solidarity High School would join several smaller U.S. campuses aimed at serving students who have been tormented for everything from their religious beliefs to their weight. Originally conceived as a gay-friendly school, the focus was broadened to create a school to serve any students who've fallen victim to bullying and harassment. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)AP - A potential education secretary, Chicago schools chief Arne Duncan, visited the Education Department Thursday morning on what he said was a purely social call.


bnzv