2008年12月20日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Education News

Harsh turn at New School for maverick Bob Kerrey (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2008 06:32 PM CST

This file photo from June 23, 2007, Bob Kerrey, the New School university president and Democratic Party maverick speaks during a Nebraska Democratic Party dinner in Omaha, Neb. Dissent is woven deep into the fabric of the New School, the left-leaning university that became a bastion for intellectuals fleeing persecution in Germany. But things have taken an ugly turn in recent weeks as professors and students have publicly tried to oust Kerrey as university president. (AP Photo/Bill Wolf, File)AP - Dissent is woven deep into the fabric of the New School, a left-leaning university that was founded as a freethinking experiment and became a haven for intellectuals fleeing persecution in Hitler's Germany.


Backers call Kennedy a good advocate for schools (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2008 04:08 PM CST

In this file photo of  May 20, 2004, Caroline Kennedy laughs at a joke by New York City schools chancellor Joel Klein, left, during a visit to Public School 11 in New York.  When Mayor Michael Bloomberg took office in 2002 his most glittering hire was Caroline Kennedy, tapped to raise private money for the public schools. Now that Kennedy has announced her interest in the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Hillary Rodham Clinton, supporters are citing her work with city schools as evidence that she is qualified for high office despite a life spent out of the public eye. (AP Photo/John Marshall Mantel, File)AP - When Mayor Michael Bloomberg took office in 2002 and wrested control of the school system from the Board of Education, his most glittering hire was Caroline Kennedy.


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