2009年9月25日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Education News


Scrutiny rises over NJ kids singing Obama song (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 02:09 PM PDT

AP - A school for kindergartners through second graders in this comfortable Philadelphia suburb has become the latest target of accusations by conservatives that schoolchildren are being indoctrinated to idolize President Barack Obama.

AP IMPACT: School drinking water contains toxins (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 08:06 AM PDT

Jesus Lealstripe, left gets a drink of water from a dispenser at Lovell High School after playing basketball Monday, June 1, 2009 in Cutler, Calif. School administrators in the farmworker town of Cutler cannot fix chronic water problems at Lovell High School because funding is frozen due to the state's budget crisis. Signs posted above the kitchen sink warn students not to drink from the tap, because the water is tainted with nitrates, a potential carcinogen, and DBCP, a pesticide scientists say may cause male sterility. Over the last decade, the drinking water at thousands of schools across the country has been found to contain unsafe levels of lead, pesticides and dozens of other toxins that put the nation's students at risk. An Associated Press investigation found that contaminants have surfaced at public and private schools in all 50 states — in small towns and inner cities alike. But the problem has gone largely unmonitored by the federal government, even as the number of water safety violations has multiplied. (AP Photo/Gary Kazanjian)AP - Over the last decade, the drinking water at thousands of schools across the country has been found to contain unsafe levels of lead, pesticides and dozens of other toxins.


School nurse shortage hampers swine flu response (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 02:24 AM PDT

School nurse Nina Fekaris, right, shows first-grader Ian Bak how to wash his hands at Rock Creek elementary school in Beaverton, Ore., Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009.   As schools grapple with a resurgence of swine flu, many districts have few or no nurses to prevent or respond to outbreaks, leaving students more vulnerable to a virus that spreads easily in classrooms and takes a heavier toll on children and young adults.(AP Photo/Don Ryan)AP - As schools grapple with a resurgence of swine flu, many districts have few or no nurses to prevent or respond to outbreaks, leaving students more vulnerable to a virus that spreads easily in classrooms and takes a heavier toll on children and young adults.


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