2009年3月11日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Education News

Gunman kills at least 11 people at German school (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Mar 2009 05:00 AM PDT

Reuters - A gunman killed at least 11 people, mainly students, at a secondary school in southwest Germany on Wednesday, officials said.

LA school board approves big layoff notice (AP)

Posted: 10 Mar 2009 06:18 PM PDT

Megan Boyd of the Elizabeth Learning Center in Cudahy, Calif., participates in a rally to protest more than 8,800 impending layoffs in the Los Angeles Unified School District, in downtown Los Angeles, Tuesday, March 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)AP - More than 8,800 teachers and other employees of the nation's second-largest school district will receive notices of impending layoffs for the next school year, Los Angeles school board members decided Tuesday.


Obama backs teacher merit pay, charter schools (AP)

Posted: 10 Mar 2009 06:00 PM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks, accompanied by Education Secretary Arne Duncan, right, speaks during an unscheduled visit to a meeting of the Council of Chief State School officers, Tuesday, March 10, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - President Barack Obama called for tying teachers' pay to student performance and expanding innovative charter schools Tuesday, embracing ideas that have provoked hostility from members of teachers unions.


Truck hits school bus in Okla.; 6 children injured (AP)

Posted: 10 Mar 2009 05:20 PM PDT

AP - The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says six children have been injured, two critically, when a semi truck hit a school bus near the small town of Bokchito (BOHK'-cheat-uh) in the southern part of the state.

Police: Texas group home residents forced to fight (AP)

Posted: 10 Mar 2009 02:25 PM PDT

The sign near the main entrance to the Corpus Christi State School, is shown early Tuesday afternoon, March 10, 2009 in Corpus Christi, Texas where police alleged that disabled residents were forced into 'fight-club'-style battles by the employees hired to care for them. (AP Photo/Paul Iverson)AP - Seven employees of a state-run home for the mentally disabled have been suspended for staging fights between residents who were forced to shove, punch and strike each other, authorities said Tuesday.


Market endangers state-run prepaid tuition plans (AP)

Posted: 10 Mar 2009 02:12 PM PDT

UPDATES to add that Virginia guarantees finances; graphic shows states with prepaid college tuition programs and those that guarantee the finances of the programsAP - State-run trust funds for parents who want to pay off college tuition before their children enroll are running short on cash, and program officials worry they won't be able to pay for students who are counting on the money.


Obama plan sees extra pay for top teachers, may anger union (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Mar 2009 10:15 AM PDT

US President Barack Obama speaks on March 9, 2009 in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Obama on Tuesday invoked great US leaders of the past to defend his drive to enact an ambitious reform agenda, even while battling a deepening economic crisis.(AFP/File/Mandel Ngan)Reuters - President Barack Obama on Tuesday proposed lengthening the school year and paying top teachers more as part of an effort to help U.S. students regain an edge in the competitive world economy.


Chemical spill leads to evacuation at Ga. school (AP)

Posted: 10 Mar 2009 09:38 AM PDT

AP - Some students at a suburban Atlanta high school had to evacuate after a science teacher dropped a quart of sulfuric acid in a lab.

Obama to unveil sweeping education overhaul (AFP)

Posted: 10 Mar 2009 07:42 AM PDT

School buses pick up children before classes begin in Pasadena, California. President Barack Obama will unveil an overhaul of the underperforming US education system, with a goal of restoring America to the top-ranks of learning excellence, a senior administration official has said.(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Mcnew)AFP - President Barack Obama will unveil an overhaul of the underperforming US education system on Tuesday, with a goal of restoring America to the top-ranks of learning excellence, a senior administration official said.


Safeguards for mentally disabled in Texas approved (AP)

Posted: 09 Mar 2009 04:21 PM PDT

AP - Responding to reports of abusive treatment and neglect at Texas' large homes for the mentally disabled, the state Senate approved safeguards Monday designed to improve care and oversight.

Obama to address education shake up (AFP)

Posted: 09 Mar 2009 04:10 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama speaks before signing an executive order on stem cell research in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Obama is expected to flesh out his vision for education reform in a speech to Hispanic business leaders on Tuesday, a White House spokesman said.(AFP/Chris Kleponis)AFP - US President Barack Obama is expected to flesh out his vision for education reform in a speech to Hispanic business leaders on Tuesday, a White House spokesman said.


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