2009年5月13日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Education News

First lady tells students everyone has bad days (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2009 04:00 PM PDT

First lady Michelle Obama poses with third grade students at Ferebee-Hope Community School in southeast Washington, Wednesday, May 13, 2009.  (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - First lady Michelle Obama told third-graders Wednesday that they can help the president by working hard and never quitting.


Education secretary: Detroit schools 'ground zero' (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2009 01:00 PM PDT

United States Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, center, leaves a meeting at Cody High School in Detroit, Wednesday, May 13, 2009. Duncan says the Detroit school system is 'ground zero' for failing education in the United States, and is urging the city's new mayor to take charge of the public schools. The visit is part of Duncan's national 'Listening and Learning Tour.' Detroit is the tour's second stop. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)AP - Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Wednesday that Detroit's troubled public schools are "ground zero" for education in the U.S. and promised federal help if leaders are willing to make necessary changes.


A Plan for Parents to Shut Down Schools (U.S. News & World Report)

Posted: 13 May 2009 12:45 PM PDT

U.S. News & World Report - It might be the next school movement to sweep the country. Emboldened by charter school operators, parents of children attending failing schools in Los Angeles are signing petitions that could force the nation's second-largest school system to shut down those schools and reopen them as charters. Steve Barr, the founder of Green Dot Public Schools, a charter school operator, is one of the forces behind the grass-roots campaign. It is being called the "Parent Revolution," the Los Angeles Times reports. ...

Missing stop sign blamed in Ark. school bus crash (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2009 12:17 PM PDT

AP - A school bus driven by a substitute driver collided with a pickup truck at a rural intersection Wednesday morning, injuring several children, and a school official said a stolen stop sign was to blame.

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