2009年5月15日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Education News

Severe budget crisis threatens California schools (AP)

Posted: 15 May 2009 03:45 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 13, 2009 file photo shows teachers holding up a signs demonstrating for California propositions 1A, 1B and 1C during a rally in San Jose, Calif. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said this week that California faces a $15.4 billion deficit for the fiscal year that starts July 1. That shortfall will grow to $21.3 billion - roughly 20 percent of the state's entire general fund - if voters do not approve five budget-related measures in next Tuesday's election. Recent polls show all of them trailing. California's public schools face a historic state budget deficit that is expected to force deep cuts in education funding that will lead to thousands of teacher layoffs, larger class sizes, school closures and a shortened school year. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)AP - California's public schools already trail most states in academic performance, suffer from high dropout rates and struggle to improve the performance of black and Hispanic students.

LA teachers arrested in job cut protests (AFP)

Posted: 15 May 2009 03:00 PM PDT

Los Angeles teachers block traffic during a protest against budget cuts which would increase class sizes outside the Los Angeles Unified School District headquarters in Los Angeles. Dozens of Los Angeles teachers and a union leader were arrested Friday as educators took to the streets to protest looming job cuts, authorities said.(AFP/Robyn Beck)AFP - Dozens of Los Angeles teachers and a union leader were arrested Friday as educators took to the streets to protest looming job cuts, authorities said.

No evidence of abuse in Fla. reform school deaths (AP)

Posted: 15 May 2009 02:53 PM PDT

AP - The questions had lingered for decades — who was buried under 31 white crosses at a Florida reform school, and how did they die?

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