Yahoo! News: Education News

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• US education chief appeals for great new teachers (AP)
• U.S. school swine flu event shows vaccine challenge (Reuters)
• Kennedy Center enlists art groups for education (AP)
• Senate approves 8 percent boost in U.S. nutrition funds (Reuters)

US education chief appeals for great new teachers (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2009 02:00 PM PDT AP - U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan appealed Friday for a new generation of extraordinary teachers, calling education the civil rights cause of our time.

U.S. school swine flu event shows vaccine challenge (Reuters) Posted: 09 Oct 2009 12:59 PM PDT Reuters - A U.S. government media event to promote H1N1 school vaccinations on Friday included VIPs, cute kids and a phalanx of television cameras -- but only one in five children at the school had proper parental consent to get immunized.

Kennedy Center enlists art groups for education (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2009 11:55 AM PDT AP - The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is starting a new program that could reinvent arts education for schools struggling with budget cuts and fewer art teachers, organizers said Friday.

Senate approves 8 percent boost in U.S. nutrition funds (Reuters) Posted: 08 Oct 2009 08:26 PM PDT Reuters - The Senate sent President Barack Obama a bill to boost spending on U.S. public nutrition programs, including food stamps and school lunch, by 8 percent, a reflection of the economic recession, on Thursday.

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