2009年11月17日星期二

Yahoo! News: Education News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Education News


Okla. ed board wants use of Rainy Day Fund now (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 05:15 PM PST

AP - Cuts in state funding for education mean teachers at one northeastern Oklahoma school now must clean their own classrooms while their superintendent scrubs the toilets. A superintendent in a neighboring county is considering laying off five teachers. Yet another is asking veteran teachers to consider early retirement.

Probe continues in Chicago BOE president's death (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 04:55 PM PST

AP - Divers returned to the Chicago River and investigators scoured cell phone records Tuesday as police declined to call the death of the city's school board president a suicide a day after an autopsy concluded he shot himself in the head.

Virtual pioneers: Macedonia schools to get wired (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 04:19 PM PST

Reuters - "Practical English Grammar by Correspondence" -- a 1973 tome published by the Soviet Union -- sits atop a pile of books on the librarian's desk in Macedonia's Grigor Prlichev elementary school.

USDA backs rewarding schools serving healthy food (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 01:13 PM PST

Carrots are chopped in the kitchen of Revolution Foods in Los Angeles August 19, 2009. REUTERS/Mario AnzuoniReuters - Schools that serve more fruits, vegetables and whole grains to pupils should see higher federal support rates than those serving less-healthier meals loaded with high fats and sugar, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said on Tuesday.


China fuels US foreign student boom (AFP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 06:34 PM PST

A representative from State University of New York-Brockport (L) talks to a Vietnamese high school student during a US higher-education fair held in Hanoi in September 2009. The number of foreigners enrolled at US universities shot to a record high in the last academic year fueled by an influx of Chinese students, an educators' group said Monday.(AFP/Hoang Dinh Nam)AFP - Soaring interest by Chinese students has led to record foreign enrollment at US universities, offering a potential boon to the United States both economically and politically, a study said.


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